The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Income support payment – organic milk producers

8.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment to an organic milk producer calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that the organic milk producer–

(a) during the period beginning on 1st March 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 (both dates inclusive), produced organic milk for sale;

(b) during the period beginning on 1st March 2020 and ending on 30th June 2020 (both dates inclusive) was recorded on APHIS with a herd number linked to that organic milk producer’s business ID; and

(c) has either–

(i) provided consent in writing for the Department to use information provided to the Department by the first purchaser to calculate the amount of the income support payment under paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), subject to confirmation by the organic milk producer that the information provided by the first purchaser is accurate; or

(ii) where the first purchaser has not provided the Department with the information necessary to calculate the amount of the income support payment under paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), has provided the Department with details of their business ID, quantity of organic milk (expressed in litres) sold to the first purchaser, the date of the sale, and the name of the first purchaser.

(3) The amount of the income support payment is £0.00125 per litre of organic milk supplied to Dale Farm Limited (company registration number NI025356), excluding any organic milk not processed as it was certified by Dale Farm Limited as unfit for human consumption.

(4) The amount of the income support payment is £0.06165 per litre of organic milk supplied to Emerald Organics Limited (company registration number NI044512), excluding any organic milk not processed as it was certified by Emerald Organics Limited as unfit for human consumption.