Beef scheme rule discouraging applications
Fianna Fail TD Éamon Ă“ CuĂv highlighted that the participation rate is 60% for herds with more than 21 cattle, but is only 8% for the others.
Many smaller farmers are not participating in a programme to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd because of a condition attached to it, a former Cabinet Minister told the Dail.
All farmers in the new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) are also required to be in the Bord Bia quality assurance scheme.
