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Provision of weighing scales during farm inspections 'excessive' - ICSA
Rachel Donovan
The ICSA has criticised the need for farmers to have to provide a weighing scales during on-farm inspections.
27 November 2024 Letters
Letter outlining a farmer's SCEP training experience
"SCEP training" – Anne Dunphy, Lecturer, Department of Land Sciences, School of Science, SETU (Waterford)
26 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
Schemes and payments in-brief
Payments under the BISS, CRISS and ANC schemes have paused ahead of advance payments being sanctioned in the first week of December.
20 November 2024 Schemes
Farmer Writes: hopes for more static stars
Hopefully there won’t be any major ratings change in the little Limousin heifer that was born this month as she’s growing bigger by the day, along with her character.
20 November 2024 Farmer Writes
15 November is D-day for SCEP training
Participants who fail to complete the training will be removed from the programme and monies paid in year one will be recouped.
15 November 2024 News
SCEP training and ACRES rare breeds deadlines
Mandatory SCEP training and a declaration of rare breeds numbers under ACRES must be completed by 15 November 2024.
13 November 2024 Schemes
ICSA condemns exclusion of farmer-recorded data from ICBF evaluations
The ICSA said that only weight data recorded by ICBF technicians, which accounts for around 10% of total weights collected under SCEP, is used in the calculation of genetic evaluations.
13 November 2024 News
Farm Tech Talk: sheep, SCEP and Dairy Day
The sheep trade, SCEP training, Dairy Day, shed design and nitrates all feature on this week's Farm Tech Talk.
8 November 2024 News
Last week to complete SCEP training
Mandatory SCEP training must be completed by 15 November to remain in the programme. This is the final week for over 5,000 farmers
6 November 2024 News
Pneumonia outbreaks, SCEP training, minerals and mart roadshows
Adam Woods takes a look at pneumonia outbreaks, pre calving minerals, and the next dates in the Irish Farmers Journal suckler marts roadshow.
6 November 2024 Management
Six in-person SCEP training days confirmed
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the announcement which aims to facilitate farmers who cannot complete training online.
24 October 2024 News