Calls made to improve aid for sheds

Greater flexibility in grant-aiding the upgrading of old sheds is being sought by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA).

ICSA sheep chairman John Brooks welcomed clarification that existing sheds can be converted into slatted sheds under TAMS 2, the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme.

“At last, we are seeing some signs of a common sense approach to cost-effective investment on farms,” he said.