Sheep
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.
The Animal Welfare Sheep Scheme is in Ireland's second amendment to the Rural Development Programme (RDP).
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Kepak is set to open applications for a young sheep farmer group that will pay members a price...
Sheep farmers will have nine different options in total under the €25m Animal Welfare Sheep Scheme.
The INHFA has renewed its call on Minister Creed to look again at the possibility of a top-up for hill ewes under the proposed Sheep Scheme.
Compulsory tagging of sheep using Electronic Identification (EID) tags will not be compulsory under the new sheep scheme.
The planned new scheme for the Sheep sector still hasn't been submitted to the European Commission for approval.
The Minister for Agriculture has said that he is prepared to consider, on a case-by-case basis, a rolling reference year for young farmers and commonage farmers.
The Government's proposed new €25m sheep scheme has yet to be confirmed with the issue of electronic tagging said to be holding up agreement on the scheme.
There have been a number of calls for an increased payment for hill sheep farmers under the new Sheep Scheme.
New details of a proposed new sheep scheme currently under consideration by the Department of Agriculture has been revealed by the IFA.
A planned new scheme for the sheep sector promised by the new Government won't open to applications until next year the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has confirmed.
A planned new sheep scheme will represent a considerable increase on old Grassland Sheep scheme, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed.
