Enhancing Competitiveness of Microentreprises in Rural Areas
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 -
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
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 View online: •Details of BPS Applications previously submitted 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
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This unit is an introduction to tools that are available to farmers for herd management/ grant applications etc.
Course on Online tools for farmers