BDGP participants warned 'miss deadline and risk whole payment'

The penalty for not meeting requirements is 100% for the 2022 BDGP rollover scheme - as well as the possibility of not getting into any future rollovers.

Close-up of several brown and white Hereford calves eating ground corn from a black plastic feed bunk. Focus is on the calf nearest the camera. Taken on an evening in late summer/early autumn.

The nearly 17,000 farmers still in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) this year have been warned they could lose their entire payment if they miss a June 30 Bull or AI deadline.

Teagasc Beef Specialist Martina Harrington has advised there is a 100% penalty if you miss the June 30 deadline.