€100/hectare silage payment for beef and sheep

Silage-making in Ballycastle, Co Antrim. Picture: Steve Allen / iStock

Beef and sheep farmers will be paid up to €1,000 each to support silage-making increased costs.

The €55 million scheme will pay livestock farmers, with the exception of dairy farmers, €100/hectare for all silage cut up to 10 hectares.