Galway Bay Fm news-Co Galway has the largest number of participants in the first tranche of the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme known as GLAS
Galway West Fianna Fail TD Eamon O Cuiv has received parliamentary information that just over two thousand 700 Galway farmers were accepted into the first tranche of GLAS this year
According to the Farmers Journal – Mayo had the next highest with 2,300 farmers involved
The lowest number of participants were in Dublin and Louth.
Tim Hyde, environment specialist with Teagasc, said he is “not surprised” that Galway has the highest number of GLAS participants as it has a large amount of natura and commonage land compared with other parts of the country
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