September deadline for ACRES scorecard submissions
A four-week extension to the closing date for the submission of completed scorecards for results-based actions under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) has been announced.
The new closing date will be Friday, September 29th 2023, which will give advisors an additional four weeks to complete their submissions.
Announcing the extension last Friday, July 28th, the Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, TD, said:
“Given the importance of getting these baseline scores submitted in this first year of the scheme and acknowledging the extra workload it creates for advisors, I have decided to extend this deadline for the submission of completed ACRES scorecards by an additional four weeks.
“This will allow advisors to plan their work over their next eight weeks. It’s essential now that all advisors continue to engage with their ACRES clients and work to have the necessary scorecards completed as soon as possible,” he said.
He added: “My department together with the ACRES co-operation teams has already trained over 600 advisers on submitting scorecards and completed scorecards are being submitted to my department daily.
“Just under 40% of all scorecards have been submitted already and this is testament to the commitment of the advisors and farmers to this task, which is the first time the scoring of agricultural land has been carried out to such a scale.”