The growth in farmers converting to organic farming continues while another area recording significant growth is the Sheep Ireland LambPlus programme which closes on 16 December.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYAdam Woods takes a look at some of the key requirements to make sure you receive you SCEP payment in 2024.
Farmers who are involved in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme are encouraged to apply to the National Genotyping Programme and they can receive double tissue calf tags.
Stakeholders in the agriculture and forestry industries are struggling in identifying deer density thresholds in Ireland, ATU has said.
The ICBF is targeting herds participating in SCEP with these herds given priority in the application process.
Over 10,600 farmers are currently enrolled in the scheme and over 1.3 million animals have been genotyped to date.
With in excess of 7,600 farmers required to purchase a genotyped ram in 2024, we caught up with Sheep Ireland’s Seán Godfrey, to get the latest on the scheme.
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