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Farm Tech Talk: sheep welfare scheme and Trump tariffs
Jack Kennedy
On the agenda this week, we chat about the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme and we tackle the Trump administration's tariffs on the European Union.
2 April 2025 News
New selection process for actions in sheep welfare scheme
Participating farmers must select two actions from a category A listing with the third action from a category B listing being optional, writes Darren Carty.
2 April 2025 Management
Sheep Management: fertiliser allowances, drafting spring lambs and NSWS
Merchants trading fertiliser continue to report ongoing confusion regarding fertiliser allowances with phosphorus the main issue of concern at present.
New €22m National Sheep Welfare Scheme opens
The Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced the scheme on Monday which has a budget of €22 million and is a continuation and expansion of a similar scheme that operated in 2024.
31 March 2025 News
Reduced ewe numbers and scheme compliance
There are anecdotal reports pointing to another significant cut in ewe numbers and this is reflected in the number of farmers asking about lower ewe numbers and scheme compliance.
19 March 2025 News
Proposed actions for beef and sheep schemes revealed
The schemes will continue in a similar format as in 2024 with new actions added for farmers to draw down a higher payment.
26 February 2025 News
The importance of paying attention to anthelmintic resistance on your farm
While not an exciting topic, farmers cannot afford to ignore the risk of anthelmintic resistance and should utilise faecal egg counts in their parasite control programme, UCD’s Amanda Lawlor writes.
26 February 2025 Animal Health
Revealed: the proposals in the €13/ewe National Sheep Welfare Scheme
There is a continuation of actions in the 2024 scheme while another action has been added to unlock the €5/ewe higher payment.
21 February 2025 News
Schemes update: last chance to complete critical sheep census
The sheep census is critical for participating in schemes such as the Sheep Welfare Scheme and Sheep Improvement Scheme.
14 February 2025 News
Payments system is broken - Heydon
The new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine says that the strings attached to payments are responsible for low uptake of SCEP and the Sheep Welfare scheme.
29 January 2025 News
Sheep census and SIS reference number
The number of ewes recorded on the 2024 annual sheep and goat census will have an influence on the Sheep Improvement Scheme and possibly the National Sheep Welfare Scheme
27 November 2024 Tagging
Schemes and payments in-brief
Payments under the BISS, CRISS and ANC schemes have paused ahead of advance payments being sanctioned in the first week of December.
20 November 2024 Schemes