The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., recently announced the opening of two new support measures for the suckler and beef sectors: the €260m Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP); and the €5m National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2023.
(i) The SCEP is the successor to the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), has a budget of €260m over five years, and is co-funded by the EU under the CSP. The SCEP provides participant farmers with payment on a per hectare basis of €225 for the first 15 hectares and €180 for the remaining hectares, up to their maximum payable area.
(ii) The National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2023 is a successor to similar schemes in 2021 and 2022, has a budget of €5m, and is funded from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve.
Applications for both measures can be lodged through agfood.ie with a closing date of the 2nd of May 2023 for the Dairy Beef Scheme and 22nd of May for the SCEP.
