The Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for tenders to carry out valuations of cattle under the on-farm market valuation scheme. The revised deadline is 5pm on Friday, 20 November 2015.

Tender documentation can be viewed and obtained from www.etenders.gov.ie or from www.agriculture.gov.ie/tenders.

In a recent article on the tender process in the Irish Farmers Journal, a misprint resulted in the payment rates for valuation work being described instead as penalties.

The payment rates for valuers appointed under the tender will be €110 for one to 10 animals; €142 for 11 to 30 animals and €174 for 31 to 50 animals. For each animal over 50 head, there is a payment of €2.