The Dairy Beef Calf Programme has brought about increased weighing of dairy beef cattle in Ireland, the ICBF has said. In total over 19,300 weights have
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Minister McConalogue announces â¬5 million Dairy Beef measure
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced the opening of the new â¬5 million Dairy Beef Calf measure under the new Beef Sector Efficiency Pilot has opened for applications. Applications for the measure can be lodged through agfood.ie with the closing date on Monday 26 April.
Dairy Beef Calf Pilot Programme
The Minister announced the opening of a new and pioneering Dairy Beef Calf measure for 2021, which has a budget allocation of â¬5 million in 2021. The objective is to increase the economic and environmental efficiency of beef from the dairy herd, and to facilitate further the integration of the dairy and beef sectors by providing support for farmers who are rearing progeny from the dairy herd. The core action is the weighing of eligible calves for which there is a payment of â¬20 per calf up to a maximum of 20 calves.
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The €40m Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Sucklers (BEEP–S) scheme for 2021 has opened for applications.
Those interested are asked to lodge applications for the scheme through Department of Agriculture’s website before the closing date which has been set for Monday April 26.
The BEEP-S scheme – which comes under the new Beef Sector Efficiency Pilot for 2021 – has a funding provision of €40m for this year and targets the weaning efficiency of suckler cows and calves by measuring the live weight of the calf at weaning as a percentage of the cow s live weight.
The Department said that in recognition of the “crucial role” of animal health and welfare in economic and environmental efficiency, applicants to the scheme can also select from a number of “optional” health and welfare measures including meal feeding or vaccination of weanlings and/or faecal egg testing of suckler cows.