Extreme weather in recent years and rising production costs have put many farmers to the pins of their collars.
However, some are benefitting from the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), the farm-environmental payments scheme, which rewards measures taken to protect nature, and is not linked to producing crops or livestock.
In high nature value areas, mainly in western counties, farmers can access the enhanced ACRES cooperation scheme, which offers a higher level of payments.
How one Donegal farm is benefiting from new ACRES scheme
Some farmers are benefitting from ACRES, the farm-environmental payments scheme which rewards measures taken to protect nature, and is not linked to producing crops or livestock.