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Letter: technical review into accuracy of ICBF ratings needed
Letters to the Editor
The Pedigree Breeders Council is calling for a fully independent technical review into the accuracy and the impact of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation star ratings on the national herd.
5 December 2024 News
€47m SCEP payments are now being issued
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the announcement that will affect 14,943 participating farmers.
4 December 2024 Dealer
SCEP ‘ineligible’ bull
There were plenty of people talking at the Charolais Christmas Cracker at the weekend...about the number of stars the top animal had.
SCEP ‘ineligible’ bull causes stir at Charolais 'Christmas Cracker'
Nevan McKiernan was at Saturday's 'Christmas Cracker' sale in Elphin Mart, where a SCEP 'ineligible' bull sold for the top price of €15,000.
4 December 2024 Pedigree
Provision of weighing scales during farm inspections 'excessive' - ICSA
The ICSA has criticised the need for farmers to have to provide a weighing scales during on-farm inspections.
29 November 2024 News
Letter outlining a farmer's SCEP training experience
"SCEP training" – Anne Dunphy, Lecturer, Department of Land Sciences, School of Science, SETU (Waterford)
27 November 2024 Letters
Getting through the first SBLAS audit
Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.
26 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Schemes and payments in-brief
Payments under the BISS, CRISS and ANC schemes have paused ahead of advance payments being sanctioned in the first week of December.
20 November 2024 Schemes
Farmer Writes: hopes for more static stars
Hopefully there won’t be any major ratings change in the little Limousin heifer that was born this month as she’s growing bigger by the day, along with her character.
20 November 2024 Farmer Writes
15 November is D-day for SCEP training
Participants who fail to complete the training will be removed from the programme and monies paid in year one will be recouped.
15 November 2024 News
SCEP training and ACRES rare breeds deadlines
Mandatory SCEP training and a declaration of rare breeds numbers under ACRES must be completed by 15 November 2024.
13 November 2024 Schemes
ICSA condemns exclusion of farmer-recorded data from ICBF evaluations
The ICSA said that only weight data recorded by ICBF technicians, which accounts for around 10% of total weights collected under SCEP, is used in the calculation of genetic evaluations.
13 November 2024 News