larthehar wrote: » It says a new website will be launched in March in the T&C's.. may hold out for another month! Cows will have to be got in to weigh no doubt as the system won.t be ready before turnout..
patsy_mccabe wrote: » Are these forms on line to print off or will they be sent out to farmers.
tanko wrote: » Anyone in the BDGP scheme will get one in the post. If not in the BDGP scheme you wont be sent one out and have to ring the department to get one. Signing up on Agfood is probably the easiest way to apply.
tellmeabit wrote: » cant see if you are able to withdraw from the scheme?
Parishlad wrote: » tellmeabit wrote: » cant see if you are able to withdraw from the scheme? Well I guess if you don't weight the cattle then you don't get paid. There's hardly any penalty on top of not actually getting the money.....if that makes sense.
wiggy123 wrote: » it worth it folks?
893bet wrote: » It’s better than nothing is the concensus.
jfh wrote: » Excuse my ignorance, but how do they verify the data that's input is correct? Is it just the farmer or is there an independent witness?!
patsy_mccabe wrote: » You can put down any auld sh1te by the looks of it. Like all the data collected to date via the Genomics and the Suckler Scheme. It's up to the statisticians then to filter out all the bad data. They can do this surprisingly well, you'd be surprised. But shur, it's just as easy do things right than wrong.
jfh wrote: » Wonder will it have any impact on late registrations? Calves registered months later than actual birth. Surely this is an opportunity to try to correct data going into the system
patsy_mccabe wrote: » This is where you got to be careful. They can work backwards from say the weight recorded at the mart and your weight & date recorded to get a good proximation of when the calf was actually born. Some guys might find themselves with a surprise visit in the guise of checking tags etc.
Dozer1 wrote: » I've looked at the BEEP terms and even the bit in the journal this week but I didn't see an answer to my question so here goes. I've autumn and spring calving cows, can I weigh those Autumn 2018 calves now in March and then weigh the Spring ones in November? I assume there is no issue with multiple weighing dates being used by applicants. Think I'll pay a lad to weigh them as I can't justify a scales for my size operation
Limestone Cowboy wrote: » I've had a bit of a change of mind about this. With the 60% Tams grant and the payment from the scheme I can get a mobile crush with weighing scale, leg lifter and head scoop which would be very handy around the place and I won't be out of pocket.
tellmeabit wrote: » what would cost of all that come in around? i was thinking to add in some slat matts
tanko wrote: » Slat mats are hardly covered under TAMS??
jfh wrote: » They weren't the last time I checked. Think this has been doing the rounds for the last couple of years, be good if they were
Who2 wrote: » They aren’t but a lot of the lads doing crushes and penning alongwith slat mats, maybe the receipt mightn’t have the mats on it if you were buying a few bits or had bought bits recently.
valtra2 wrote: » Who2 wrote: » They aren’t but a lot of the lads doing crushes and penning alongwith slat mats, maybe the receipt mightn’t have the mats on it if you were buying a few bits or had bought bits recently. That my friend is called fraud
older by the day wrote: » When you see the children's hospital bill going to two billion, 40% off a few cow mats don't look like a big sin
