Headage grant payments before Christmas
The Minister said all eligible sheep headage grants would be paid before Christmas, while about 70 per cent of cattle grants were expected by year-end and the rest early in 1983.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will recommend that all payments of headage grants to farmers in the severely handicapped areas will be paid prior to Christmas.
Comment on this
Sheep headage grants under the disadvantaged areas schemes are being paid earlier this year than in previous years and all farmers whose applications for 1982 are found to be in order will receive payment before Christmas. In the case of the cattle headage grants under these schemes, it is expected that some 70 per cent (the same proportion as in previous years) will also be paid by the end of December. The remainder will be paid in the early part of 1983.
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