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Farm Tech Talk: SCEP, clover and milk processors
Jack Kennedy
On the agenda this week, we chat about various farm schemes and look at the future finances of some major milk processors.
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.
26 March 2025 News
€20/calf dairy-beef weighing scheme returns
The scheme offers farmers a payment of €20 per eligible calf up to a maximum of 50 calves in return for recording and submitting weights to ICBF
ACRES rare breeds – registered offspring must be produced by end of year three
Participants who selected the rare breeds action must produce at least one offspring that is registered with the relevant breed society.
14 March 2025 Schemes
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
No change in livestock unit values
Proposals to change nutrient excretion rates under nitrates will not have any effect on livestock unit values under area-based schemes.
26 February 2025 Schemes
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
Unveiled: the proposed actions in the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme
Farm organisations met with Department officials on Wednesday to discuss proposed actions and also put forward a strong case for the upper limit of 40 head to be removed.
21 February 2025 News
ACRES payment delays ‘eroding farmers’ confidence’ in all schemes – ICSA
Over 12,000 farmers have yet to receive their 2024 ACRES payments, while 2,764 are still awaiting their balancing payments from 2023.
20 February 2025 Schemes
€3m in funding available to promote and develop organic sector
Maximum funding per project is €150,000 per annum for three years for 'innovative projects to promote and develop the organic sector'.
19 February 2025 Schemes
Farmers seek details of 2025 beef welfare scheme
With the payment increasing from €50 to €75 per eligible calf, farmers currently weaning summer and autumn-born calves want to see details of actions to maximise their payments.
19 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