Rights Group seeks dairy cattle welfare-aid payment
Comments and submissions on the programme will be accepted by the Department of Agriculture and Food until December 7, and Donie Shine, the Mallow, Co Cork farmer who heads up the Rights Group has called on farmers and politicians to support their bid for five year funding of up to €200 per cow per year for the first 50 cows in herd.
The payment would be conditional on herdowners going beyond normal Good Farming Practice to achieve certain animal welfare standards, designed to reduce stress and improve milk quality, and lower the incidence of mastitis and high cell counts.
