Farmers in NI can claim compensation for BVD-infected calves from Wednesday 8 February, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced.
Compensation can only be paid for calves that have tested positive for BVD within four weeks of initial test or else within six weeks of an initial test if a re-test was carried out.
The department has said that farmers who may have an eligible animal will receive a claim form from Animal Health and Welfare NI which must be completed and sent to the Livestock and Meat Commission.
The rates of compensation are £160 for a beef calf, £130 for a dairy heifer calf and £50 for a dairy male calf. Payments will be limited to six animals per farm business, DAERA has said.
Requirements
All calves must have had births recorded on APHIS and tested for positive for BVD to be eligible for the compensation scheme. Other requirements include that the calf has not moved from the farm of its birth, has been humanely destroyed and has had its death recorded on APHIS.
Compulsory tissue tagging and testing for BVD was introduced in NI on 1 March 2016 following a voluntary phase of the scheme which opened on 1 January 2013.
Compensation
The funding for the compensation scheme is coming from NI’s share of the €500m EU Exceptional Aid Package for livestock farmers, announced by European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan in July.
Northern Ireland received £4m of this fund and in November DAERA Minister Michelle McIlveen announced that it would be used for PI calf compensation, a pig competitiveness scheme, a free soil analysis service and business planning training.
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Farmers in NI can claim compensation for BVD-infected calves from Wednesday 8 February, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced.
Compensation can only be paid for calves that have tested positive for BVD within four weeks of initial test or else within six weeks of an initial test if a re-test was carried out.
The department has said that farmers who may have an eligible animal will receive a claim form from Animal Health and Welfare NI which must be completed and sent to the Livestock and Meat Commission.
The rates of compensation are £160 for a beef calf, £130 for a dairy heifer calf and £50 for a dairy male calf. Payments will be limited to six animals per farm business, DAERA has said.
Requirements
All calves must have had births recorded on APHIS and tested for positive for BVD to be eligible for the compensation scheme. Other requirements include that the calf has not moved from the farm of its birth, has been humanely destroyed and has had its death recorded on APHIS.
Compulsory tissue tagging and testing for BVD was introduced in NI on 1 March 2016 following a voluntary phase of the scheme which opened on 1 January 2013.
Compensation
The funding for the compensation scheme is coming from NI’s share of the €500m EU Exceptional Aid Package for livestock farmers, announced by European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan in July.
Northern Ireland received £4m of this fund and in November DAERA Minister Michelle McIlveen announced that it would be used for PI calf compensation, a pig competitiveness scheme, a free soil analysis service and business planning training.
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