Tillage Capital Investment Scheme

The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme provides financial support to farmers to help them achieve improved competitiveness, increased efficiency, growth and environmental benefits.

The scheme is open to farmers who have a minimum of 15 hectares of eligible crops in the year of application or preceding year.

Specific types of equipment and upgrades in a number of categories are eligible for grant aid including the following:

• grain store improvements
• rain water harvesting
• GPS machinery control
• minimum disturbance tillage equipment
• wheel changing equipment
• grain treatment equipment
• harvesting, spreading and pesticide equipment

Only fixed investments constructed, erected or installed on the farm are eligible for grant aid. You must also meet the scheme’s requirements on tax clearance, planning permission and training. Funding for the scheme is limited and all applications are subject to the operation of selection criteria. See the conditions of the scheme and the selection criteria marking sheet at the bottom of this page.

Grant aid is paid at the rate of 40% up to a maximum of €80,000 per holding. Multiple applications per tranche are allowed however the minimum amount of investment which is eligible for approval under this scheme is €2,000 per application.

Applicants who receive approval to proceed with investment works at the maximum ceiling of €80,000 under this scheme are not eligible to apply for grants under any other TAMS II scheme with the exception of the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) Equipment Scheme.

In the case of an application by two or more eligible partners, the maximum increases to €160,000.

Applications must be submitted online through agfood.ie. If your login or password are expired and need to be renewed please contact the Department’s helpdesk at 053 9163425 .

The department has prepared this document as an aid to ensure that farmers and advisors are aware of the requirements and conditions attaching to payments concerned and to assist in completing applications for the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme.

Download the marking sheet: