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For example one of the conditions of the scheme is that where a farmer is using a stock bull, at least one bull on the farm must have been genotyped 4 or 5 star on either the terminal or replacement index (on within or across breed basis) at time of purchase.
Farmers have until the end of June 2019 to comply with this regulation. However, if the farmer fails to comply, a claw back of 10% will be applied to previous year’s payments.
In the documents obtained by the Irish Farmers Journal it states that in the event that payment due to an applicant in a given year reduces by more than 50% (excluding penalties) as a result of noncompliance, no payment will issue for that year and previous payments will be recouped by the Department. The draft document outlines the various tolerances for the various aspects of the scheme.
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