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Unit 3: Online tools for farmers
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Unit 3: Online tools for farmers

What services are available online?

In Ireland all services are available through www.agfood.ie
Main services are:
Basic Payment Scheme
Animal Identification and Movements
Financial Self-Services
Mapping services
Register for the service

This short video shows you how to register for the online services.

1 minute 16 second online Video;

Click on the picture or copy this link into your web browser -

https://youtu.be/-NvKob_zaWo

Log-in to the service

This short video shows you how to Log-in to the online service once you are registered.

1 minute 20 second online Video;

Click on the picture or copy this link into your web browser - https://youtu.be/MIAQzf6SOjU

 

Advantages of using online services

  • Available to use 24/7 365 days
  • Works with Farm Management Software
  • Partially completed forms can be saved and returned to later
  • Familiarity, as forms online similar to paper based forms
  • Completed forms can be printed for your records
  • Less likely for applications submitted online to be queried due to built-in checks
     
Animal Identification & Movements (AIM)

These are the facilities available online:

Calf Birth Registration: register birth of a calf online
Cattle Herd Register: AIM online can be used as farm herd register (replace blue book)
Herd Profile Enquiry: View details of their herd and movements into and out of them
Compliance Certificate: Apply for and print online certificates
Online Movement Notification: Farmers and animal dealers can notify movements
Farm Management Software: can interact with AIM service
Animal Identification and Movement (AIM)

 Learn how to :

sign up to use the bovine electronic herd register
view your herd profile
view movements into and out of your herd
register calves online
what to do if you don’t receive an animal passport
apply for and print a compliance certificate and
how to sign up to and stop using a Farm Software Provider.
 
Tutorial videos available here
Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Complete and submit online:

•Your BPS application
•Edit maps relating to your land parcels/plots
•Your Greening requirements
•Upload correspondence
•A BPS Amendment application

View online:

•Details of BPS Applications previously submitted
•Current status of BPS application, including land details
•Printable colour maps for your land parcels

 
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)

Also available to view:

Information relating to BPS Entitlements
Printable copies of correspondence with the Department
Details on Greening Requirements
Nitrates information
Details of Single Payment Scheme applications in 2005-2014 period
How to do a BPS Application

This video shows you how to do a BPS Application
9 minutes 23 second online Video;

Click on the picture or copy this link into your web browser - https://youtu.be/I0N8Di5bopY

 

Financial Self-Services (FSS)

This service allows the following activities:

View accounting data such as open invoices/overpayments and historical data
Pay invoices/overpayments electronically with Debit/Credit Card
View/Download and print Payment Remittances
View/Download and print Account Statements
Financial Self-Services

This video shows you how to access the FSS
3 minutes 51 second online Video;

Click on the picture or copy this link into your web browser - https://youtu.be/h4nLPuI7yow  

Other Services Available

Online access to annual Nitrogen and Phosphorus statements issued by the Department:
Statement of organic nitrogen and phosphorus produced by your cattle the previous year based on cattle recorded in AIM system
Nitrates Derogation Application:
Allows application form and Fertiliser Plan to be uploaded online
Objectives/goals

This unit is an introduction to tools that are available to farmers for herd management/ grant applications etc.

Description

Course on Online tools for farmers