Acceptance notifications following in weeks

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Some 2,134 farmers are seeking admission to the government’s Organics Scheme, according to the ICSA

The news has been welcomed by the association’s Organics chairman Fergal Byrne. Notifications of acceptance are due to be issued over the next ‘four to six weeks’, he said

Speaking following a meeting of the Organics Strategy Forum held in Backweston, he also indicated that farmers will have another opportunity to join the Organics Scheme in October.