Ease of BDGP penalties for smaller herds

The Department has issued a letter informing farmers that it will be easing the rules on penalties for smaller herds in the BDGP scheme.

23 December 2017

Ease of BDGP penalties for smaller herds

Smaller herds, with 11 cattle or less, will have a chance to dodge a BDGP penalty in relation to genotyping. \ Philip Doyle

Revision of BDGP penalty schedule.

Farmers participating in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) scheme have received a letter from the Department of Agriculture, amending the penalty schedule in relation to herds with 11 animals or less.

Scheme participants are required to have a certain number of reference animals genotyped each year.

The revised penalty schedule will mean that herds with 11 or less animals will be permitted to miss one genomic test.

Participants in the BDGP scheme received the following letter informing them of the revision to penalties.

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In November, the Department confirmed that 870 herds – 720 in BDGP II and 150 in BDGP II, had been disqualified from the BDGP scheme for not completing their carbon navigator within the required time limit.

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