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Forest Premium Rates

Farmers

Payments for 20 years (Tax free)

Forestry Premium Scheme

€ /ha.

€ /acre

 

 

 

Conifers

 

Unenclosed

€ 221

€ 90

Sitka Spruce / Lodgepole Pine

< 6 ha (Under 14.8 acres)

€ 356

€ 144

>= 6 ha (14.8 acres or more)

€ 369

€ 149

>=12 ha (29.6 acres or more)

€ 383

€ 155

20% Diverse mix

< 6 ha (Under 14.8 acres)

€ 414

€ 167

>= 6 ha (14.8 acres or more)

€ 427

€ 173

<= 12 ha (29.6 acres or more)

€ 440

€ 178

Diverse

< 6 ha (Under 14.8 acres)

€ 440

€ 178

>= 6 ha (14.8 acres or more)

€ 454

€ 184

<= 12 ha (29.6 acres or more)

€ 467

€ 189

 

Broadleaves

Ash/Sycamore

< 6 ha (Under 14.8 acres)

€ 467

€ 189

>= 6 ha (14.8 acres or more)

€ 481

€ 194

<= 12 ha (29.6 acres or more)

€ 494

€ 200

Oak/Beech

< 6 ha (Under 14.8 acres)

€ 501

€ 203

>= 6 ha (14.8 acres or more)

€ 514

€ 208

<= 12 ha (29.6 acres or more)

€ 528

€ 213

Non-Farmers

Payments for 15 years (Tax free)

Forestry Premium Scheme

€ /ha.

€ /acre

Conifers

€ 181

€ 73

Broadleaves

€ 195

€ 79

    In addition to the above Farmers who are in REPS and plant 8 hectares or more under the FEPS (Forest Environment Protection Scheme) qualify for an additional €200 per hectare.

For farms of 30 hectares or less, the minimum plantation size for FEPS is 5 hectares, with a corresponding FEPS premium of €150 per hectare for plantations of up to 8 hectares.

    Forestry Farmer Premium payments are payable for 20 years.

    Forestry Premiums are tax free.

    The first premium is paid at the same time as the afforestation grant.

    Land afforested from January 2009 onwards is eligable for payment under the Single Payment Scheme.

    A "Farmer" is defined as:

An agricultural producer who owns, leases or is in joint management of at least 3 hectares of an agricultural holding, and shall include any person, group of persons or partnership, engaged in farming in the State.

Documentary evidence of farming income must be supplied.

at least 25% the applicants income must be from farming in the year of the forestry plantation's completion or in one of the three preceeding years.

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Dermot Houlihan B.Agr.Sc (Forestry)
TIMBERLAND FORESTRY
Forestry Consultancy and Management
27 Bushypark Lawn, Circular Road, Galway, Ireland

Phone/Fax: 091-527580 Mobile: 086-2687476
E-mail:Dermot@timber-land.com