Payments under Calf Investment Scheme commence

Applications for payment must be submitted by the extended deadline of September 30, 2020. File Picture Dan Linehan

Payments have commenced under the Calf Investment Scheme, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary, has announced.

The Minister said the scheme was put in place - in advance of the Spring calving season - ‘with a view to ensuring the highest possible calf welfare outcomes’.