The department must honour full payment for all weighed calves, says ICSA

ICSA have condemned the department's decision to now only pay for 31 calves on the NDBWS scheme and not the original 50 calves promised to farmers

The Department of Agriculture are now only paying for 31 calves weighed under the NDBWS. 

The lowering of the number of calves paid for under the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme (NDBWS) has been called outrageous by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA).

ICSA president Sean McNamara has described the drop from the original 50 calves paid for under the NDBWS, like farmers were led to believe, to the now 31 calves farmers can be expected to be paid for as outrageous.