STAP

skoger

Anybody get paid for 2014 yet? Was looking on agfood and seen that 2013 was paid out before the end of the year.

Has there been any word if it'll continue this year?

rangler1

skoger wrote: »

Anybody get paid for 2014 yet? Was looking on agfood and seen that 2013 was paid out before the end of the year.

Has there been any word if it'll continue this year?

Yea I'm paid here and there's supposed to be another year.

skoger

rangler1 wrote: »

Yea I'm paid here and there's supposed to be another year.

Thanks. I'd better give my adviser a ring

eire23

skoger wrote: »

Anybody get paid for 2014 yet? Was looking on agfood and seen that 2013 was paid out before the end of the year.

Has there been any word if it'll continue this year?

Still waiting on it as well

razor8

Got mine last week

Connemara Farmer

No STAP cheque here, text a lad in our group and he's not got it either.

anniehoo

rangler1 wrote: »

Yea I'm paid here and there's supposed to be another year.

Is this definite yet or is it just rumour at the minute?

Connemara Farmer

anniehoo wrote: »

Is this definite yet or is it just rumour at the minute?

Wasn't that always the case that it was a three year programme?

skoger

anniehoo wrote: »

Is this definite yet or is it just rumour at the minute?

We've our first meeting on Wed night. Still haven't been paid for last year yet but the adviser was to look into it. Hopefully he'll have answers for me at the meeting

rangler1

anniehoo wrote: »

Is this definite yet or is it just rumour at the minute?

It's on the dept. website, just no details yet

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/sheepandgoats/sheeptechnologyadoptionprogramme2015/

davidk1394

Is it worth signing up to ??

Connemara Farmer

davidk1394 wrote: »

Is it worth signing up to ??

From what I gather it depends heavily on the members of the group. I find our group great, everyone has input, no one is talked down to, I think I learned something everywhere I went.

I've asked last year for my farm to be the first visit this year. I don't particularly think I've anything to teach anyone, but I'll value constructive criticism, much of which I probably can't even see myself out of familiarity with the place & system.

davidk1394

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

From what I gather it depends heavily on the members of the group. I find our group great, everyone has input, no one is talked down to, I think I learned something everywhere I went.

I've asked last year for my farm to be the first visit this year. I don't particularly think I've anything to teach anyone, but I'll value constructive criticism, much of which I probably can't even see myself out of familiarity with the place & system.

See we were some of the first farms back in 2000s to start weighing new born lambs tagging them and matching them with mothers... twas part of a teagasc scheme to help develop their advisors... recording weights and tags for 1600 lambs was a lot of paperwork and at the end to be put into the fire finished us with teagasc.. is there much paperwork in it ?

Connemara Farmer

davidk1394 wrote: »

See we were some of the first farms back in 2000s to start weighing new born lambs tagging them and matching them with mothers... twas part of a teagasc scheme to help develop their advisors... recording weights and tags for 1600 lambs was a lot of paperwork and at the end to be put into the fire finished us with teagasc.. is there much paperwork in it ?

Depends on the measures you take, something like attend 5 or 6 meetings a year which can be a mix of national events and local meetings or all local meetings.

I took measures like weighing lambs, FEC testing, no problem at all. Others might be buying a certain number star ram, scanning the flock, there are a good few options.

I don't find there's much paperwork.

Username John

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Depends on the measures you take, something like attend 5 or 6 meetings a year which can be a mix of national events and local meetings or all local meetings.

I took measures like weighing lambs, FEC testing, no problem at all. Others might be buying a certain number star ram, scanning the flock, there are a good few options.

I don't find there's much paperwork.

As someone mentioned earlier, all depends on the group. I wasn't in a particularly good group I thought (now I know some will say that's my own fault for not pushing things, and that may be partly true)

Did you not have to buy a star ram in the first 2 years tho? I didn't need a ram, and wasnt going to buy one just to remain in my group, as I felt it wasn't worth it.

Connemara Farmer

Username John wrote: »

Did you not have to buy a star ram in the first 2 years tho? I didn't need a ram, and wasnt going to buy one just to remain in my group, as I felt it wasn't worth it.

No one in our group had to buy a ram no.

Username John

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

No one in our group had to buy a ram no.

Really?
Maybe ye all had star rams already?

I thought that was task 1 in the terms and conditions - link below, page 8.

https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/farmingsectors/sheepandgoats/stap2014/STAP2014TermsandConditionsRevision280214.pdf

eire23

Username John wrote: »

Really?
Maybe ye all had star rams already?

I thought that was task 1 in the terms and conditions - link below, page 8.

https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/farmingsectors/sheepandgoats/stap2014/STAP2014TermsandConditionsRevision280214.pdf

Anyone with a hill farm had the option of opting out of that task, which i did as well.

Vandy West

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

No one in our group had to buy a ram no.

If you run all mountain sheep you could get an exemption as there would not have been enough 3 star rated rams. Otherwise the rule was you had to buy a 3star or above tam in year 1 or 2. Don't know how this will apply if you join late.

Between buying a ram, soil tests and teagasc fees I will only break even, but I thought the meetings were pretty helpful, and I got a 'free' ram and soil tests.

Username John

eire23 wrote: »

Anyone with a hill farm had the option of opting out of that task, which i did as well.

Ah, didn't know that.

That explains that then

Cran

Anyone here anything on the remaining payments?

paddysdream

Nothing here either.Must ring adviser tomorrow as he is fairly on the ball with these things.