SHARING OPTIONS: The BEAM flexibility offers farmers the choice of changing the reduction year from the existing period of 1 July to 30 June 2021 to a new period of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Donal O' Leary The announcement by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue on Wednesday night regarding flexibility to set a new reduction period under the Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM) is reported as generally being well received in most quarters. The flexibility offers farmers the choice of changing the reduction year from the existing period of 1 July to 30 June 2021 to a new period of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.