After months of negotiations, the new support scheme for the suckler sector is close to being announced. The Irish Farmers Journal can exclusively reveal the key aspects of the scheme, which will deliver €52m per year to Irish farmers.

It will be called the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and will run from 2015 until 2020. Applications for the scheme will close on the 29 May 2015.

Farmers entering into the voluntary scheme will be committing to meet the requirements for the full six-year period. Those failing to comply with the regulations over the lifetime of the scheme may be forced to refund money paid out over previous years.

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