Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has issued an update on payments made to farmers across various farm schemes this week.
Schemes
Minister Martin Heydon announced that €16.44 million in payments under the 2025 National Sheep Welfare Scheme have begun issuing to farmers.
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has slammed impending cuts to payment rates for schemes for beef and sheep farmers.
Sheep
DAFM will issue reminder letters over the coming days by post to participants in the 2025 National Sheep Welfare Scheme selected for a check
The National Sheep Welfare Scheme will see the addition of an third action to be completed by farmers to avail of the new payment rate.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued scheme payments to farmers this week in the region of €30 million.
The department is being urged to provide "urgent flexibility" on the deadline for actions under the National Sheep Welfare Scheme.
Participants in the NSWS have just a few days left to complete a measure on their breeding ewes that is required for payment in the scheme.
A late application period for sheep farmers to still apply to the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS) will close in the coming days.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that 17,167 farmers applied for the National Sheep Welfare Scheme.
The deadline for applications to the NSWS is days away, and a number of farmers have already applied to qualify for the €8/ewe payment.
The deadline to apply to the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS) is fast approaching for farmers yet to submit an application.
The INHFA has said it has secured changes to two measures under the National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS) relating to the completion date.
Sheep News
The ICSA has said that the deadline for the completion of actions under the National Sheep Welfare Scheme is "unworkable".
Following the announcement of the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme, farmers are no doubt identifying what actions they will undertake.
Details have been published on the National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS), which has opened for applications today (Monday, April 8).
Applications to enter a new national sheep welfare scheme are expected to open in early April of this year.
Clarity over a new sheep welfare scheme is expected to be provided "in due course," according to Minister Charlie McConalogue.
