CAP 2023 payment and stocking rate calculators now available online

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has developed a payment calculator and a stocking rate calculator to help inform farmers of the changes in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2023-2027.

The calculators are available on the Department’s website at Item was unpublished or removed

The payment calculator allows farmers to calculate their indicative direct payments in 2023, including payment entitlement values. To complete the Payment calculator, you will need the following information:

• Number of hectares

• Number of entitlements

• Your BPS & greening value per entitlement

The Stocking Rate calculator can be used to calculate stocking rates in terms of Livestock Unit and Kgs of Organic Nitrogen per Hectare. To complete the Stocking Rate calculator, you will need the following information:

• Total area in grassland and tillage you will farm in 2022

• Expected livestock numbers and age per month in 2022

Step by step guides have also been prepared for the calculators and are available on the same webpage.

This month the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is hosting a series of nationwide in-person public information meetings and an online webinar about Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan.

These public meetings will provide information about changes to direct payments, including entitlements, active farmer checks, agricultural activity and land eligibility changes, stocking rates, Eco-Schemes, details on the new Agri-Environmental Climate Measure (AECM), organic farming and other important information that farmers need to know now so that they can best prepare for 2023.

Notes for Editors

Ireland’s draft Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan was submitted to the European Commission on 31 December 2021.

The information sessions, hosted by the Department, will provide farmers with early information on changes to the CAP from 1 January 2023. Any information provided will be based on the draft plan submitted to the EU Commission and is subject to change up until the CSP is approved by the EU Commission.

All meetings will take place from 8pm to 9.30pm – see Item was unpublished or removed for the full schedule, including details of how to register for the webinar. The webinar on 15th March will be recorded and published on Item was unpublished or removed

A Summary of Ireland’s draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027 is available at Item was unpublished or removed

A list of all of the information sessions, with dates and venues, is included in the attached document