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National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme

Watch: Heydon defends livestock payment cuts amid high uptake

Schemes

5 days ago

Watch: Heydon defends livestock payment cuts amid high uptake

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has defended the recent cuts to livestock scheme payment rates.

What's the breakdown of dairy beef scheme payments per county?

Schemes

10 days ago

What's the breakdown of dairy beef scheme payments per county?

Minister Heydon has announced the start of payments under the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme, but how much will each county get?

Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme payments get underway

Schemes

10 days ago

Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme payments get underway

Minister Martin Heydon has confirmed that payments under the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme 2025 have commenced.

Scheme oversubscription 'should be treated as a success, not an excuse to slash payments'

Schemes

11 days ago

Scheme oversubscription 'should be treated as a success, not an excuse to slash payments'

It has been described as "outrageous" that the number of eligible calves that can be paid on in the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme will be cut.

Almost 20 fewer eligible calves for Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme

Dairy

12 days ago

Almost 20 fewer eligible calves for Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme

The number of eligible calves that can be paid on in the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme will be cut be almost 20.

Beef

about 1 month ago

Reminder: Key SCEP and dairy-beef scheme deadline dates

Farmers participating in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) or the 2025 National Dairy...

Reminder: Key SCEP and dairy-beef scheme deadline dates

Dairy

8 months ago

Reminder: A number of scheme application deadlines approaching

There is a number of scheme application dates fast approaching as we enter into the final few weeks of April and with busyness of farms

Reminder: A number of scheme application deadlines approaching

Beef

9 months ago

New weighing scheme 'does not go far enough' for beef finishers

The new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme "does not go far enough" for beef finishers, according to the ICSA.

New weighing scheme 'does not go far enough' for beef finishers

Agri Politics

9 months ago

Call for long-term support for farmers in dairy-beef systems

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has described the new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS) as "a step in the right direction".

Call for long-term support for farmers in dairy-beef systems

Dairy

9 months ago

DAFM announces €4 million dairy beef weighing measure

DAFM has today announced €4 million towards the opening of a new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS)

DAFM announces €4 million dairy beef weighing measure

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