€5m in payments under dairy beef scheme

Payments may take up to five days to reach farmers' accounts.

The objective of the scheme is to support decision-making on farms through better quality data on herd performance and to increase the economic and environmental efficiency of the beef from the dairy herd.

Payments under the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme have commenced. 

In total, over €5m is being paid to some 8,000 participating farmers.