Agri Politics
The IFA has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon to pay the full €75/cow under the Beef Welfare Scheme.
Beef
The new suckler scheme ceiling "needs to go further to reflect the realities of suckler farming",...
The new suckler scheme known as the '2025 Beef Welfare Scheme' opened for applications yesterday...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has confirmed that the 2025 Beef Welfare Scheme is now open for applications.
The ICSA suckler chair, Jimmy Cosgrave has said that details of the next Beef Welfare Scheme represent "a welcome development".
The final details on the new Beef Welfare Scheme with a maximum payment of €3,375/herd as part of the suckler scheme have been confirmed.
The final details of the new suckler scheme with an increased payment rate are expected in the coming weeks.
Payments worth €19.98 million will be issued this week to 23,132 participating farmers under the Beef Welfare Scheme 2024 (BWS)
The "ceiling" of 40 cows needs to be removed from the Beef Welfare Scheme to ensure all suckler farmers are supported.
Rural Life
ICSA president Seán McNamara has said that Budget 2025 payments 'fall short' of 'safeguarding' family farms
Agri-Business
A total of 23,720 suckler farmers applied for the Beef Welfare Scheme, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
ICSA suckler chair, Jimmy Cosgrave has called on the government to 'step up' with investment for suckler farmers, as numbers decline
Minister McConalogue has today confirmed that the 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme announced last month is now open for applications.
The minister has said that all farmers with eligible suckler cows that produced an eligible calf can apply for the Beef Welfare Scheme.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being urged to address what is described as an "anomaly" in the new Beef Welfare Scheme.
Beef News
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed the new €20 million scheme for suckler farmers will open for applications in early August.
Aspects of the inclusion of a testing measure for IBR in a new scheme have left farmers "in the dark," according to the ICSA.
A new Beef Welfare Scheme is scheduled to open for applications in late July 2023, the DAFM has confirmed to Agriland.
