Sheep Welfare Scheme
Darren Carty on 14 Jan 2022
99.9% of applicants paid 2021 Basic Payment Scheme
A total of 122,113 farmers have received payment, with 373 eligible farmers yet to receive their 2021 payment.
Rachel Donovan on 11 Jan 2022
Additional funding for the 2022 Sheep Welfare Scheme confirmed
Farmers who are already in the scheme will be automatically enrolled for 2022.
Darren Carty on 05 Jan 2022
Sheep Management: feeding early lambing ewes and clostridial vaccination
Many early lambing flocks are in a good position with grass supplies but current weather will limit turnout, bringing a spotlight on indoor feeding programmes.
Brian Nicholson on 05 Jan 2022
Farmer Writes: profit monitor results should be private
These figures as they are accessible by everyone even the companies who supply our inputs and the factories that purchase our products, writes Brian Nicholson.
Darren Carty on 29 Dec 2021
Sheep Management: scanning, feeding and mortality due to liver fluke
The popular scanning measure under the sheep welfare scheme is under the spotlight with scanning activity increasing and some flocks entering late pregnancy feeding.
Darren Carty on 01 Dec 2021
Sheep Management: silage quality, ewe condition and Sheep Welfare Scheme
This week's notes discuss the importance of getting silage tested and also clears up confusion about payment rates under the Sheep Welfare Scheme.
Rachel Donovan on 26 Nov 2021
Advanced payments under Sheep Welfare Scheme begin
An 85% advance on direct payments for farmers in the Sheep Welfare Scheme has commenced.
Darren Carty on 10 Nov 2021
€12/ewe payment in proposed Sheep Improvement Scheme
The Department is expecting 1.7m ewes across 16,600 flocks to be included annually in the scheme which will start in 2023 and run until 2027.
Darren Carty on 10 Nov 2021
Sheep management: hill sheep recording, ram lamb management and drafting lambs
Hill sheep farmers need to be mindful of genotyping proposals under the Sheep Improvement Scheme
Barry Murphy on 08 Nov 2021
Bord Bia quality assurance no longer needed for Sheep Improvement Scheme
The €20m scheme will include a €12/ewe payment rate and provide support for actions that improve animal health and welfare in the sheep sector.
Darren Carty on 06 Nov 2021
Ensuring SWS post-breeding mineral lasts for 60 days
The start of the post-breeding period is taken as the first day that ewes are joined with rams.
Darren Carty on 27 Oct 2021
Higher payment per cow but similar funding commitment
There has been concern raised from farm organisations that the Minister’s announcement of a higher payment per cow in the new suckler scheme hides the fact that overall funding has not increased.
Caitríona Morrissey on 23 Oct 2021
CAP funding for sheep will exclude 1m ewes – IFA
IFA sheep chair Seán Dennehy has called for amendments to the planned Sheep Improvement Scheme.
Amy Forde on 22 Oct 2021
CAP plan a ‘deadly betrayal’ of farmers - Carthy
The Sinn Féin TD said there is no vision or ambition contained within the CAP plan and no recognition of the huge challenges facing Irish agriculture.
Amy Forde on 20 Oct 2021
€10,000 per farmer in new agri-environment scheme
Amy Forde and Darren Carty look at the new agri-environment payment in the next CAP.
Darren Carty on 20 Oct 2021
No change to payment in sheep welfare scheme
Funds of €100m have been allocated to the Sheep Improvement Scheme over the five years meaning payment rates will remain unchanged from the current payment of €10 per ewe.
Darren Carty on 13 Oct 2021
Funding for agri-schemes rolled over from Budget 2021
There were few notable changes to agri-schemes funding in Budget 2022 with all the main ticket items continuing as is for the final year until the new CAP comes in to play in 2023.
Amy Forde on 12 Oct 2021
Key farm schemes protected under Budget 2022
A number of key farm schemes, which provided over €630m in farm payments this year, are secure for 2022, the Irish Farmers Journal can reveal.
Caoimhe Harney on 08 Oct 2021
Sinn Féin proposes suckler cow support of €300/hd
Sinn Féin has outlined its proposals for the agricultural sector in the upcoming budget.
Declan O'Brien on 06 Oct 2021
Sheep Welfare Scheme reference year will maximise payments – McConalogue
Minister McConalogue did not rule out extending the qualifying measures under the Sheep Welfare Scheme to include dipping and clipping.