Beef Data Programme requires necessary information

If you signed up for the Beef Data Programme (BDP) in 2013, the necessary information must be completed throughout the first half of this year for calves born from August 2013 until the end of December, if they are to become eligible for payment.

It appears that it could well be May or June before payments start to flow for calves deemed eligible in 2013.

Calves born this year will be part of the 2014 BDP scheme year. If you sign up again in 2014, you will have the option of entering the new Beef Genomics Programme (worth €40 per calf), which will also commence this year.