BEEP (Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot Scheme)

Bellview · 21-02-2019 06:29PM

lads and lassies do we thing it will be fully subscribed?

blue5000 · 21-02-2019 06:41PM

Bellview wrote: »

lads and lassies do we thing it will be fully subscribed?

How many suckler cows are left?:o AFAIK suckler calf registrations are well down so far this year.

Sugarbowl · 21-02-2019 07:59PM

blue5000 wrote: »

How many suckler cows are left?:o AFAIK suckler calf registrations are well down so far this year.

I think they are down for the time of year as calving is slow to begin. For me, I'm a month behind on last year. With the tough spring, hard to get cows to go to dairy early last year. I wonder what those registration figures will be in a months time. Will tell a lot.

Green&Red · 22-02-2019 12:11PM

tanko wrote: »

Terms and conditions on agriculture.gov.ie/beep.

It says calves can be weighed anytime from birth until weaning but then says that ICBF will suggest a 4 week window to weigh calves and want farmers to stick to this timeframe.

It says they want you to stick to it but it doesn't say you have to. The last of my cows are calving the first week in May. As soon as she goes I'll be weighting, you've to do it all the one day so I'll have to hold off weaning the September calvers and then weight and wean the one day

I read the T&Cs last nite expecting there to be a lot of hurdles to it, I can't really see them.

In one case I lost a cow to grass teteny and the same week lost a calf, so matched up the two strays. My reading of the T&Cs is that they will be eligible as the calf was born into my herd, it makes no reference to her having to be reared on her mother

tanko · 22-02-2019 12:38PM

Green&Red wrote: »

It says they want you to stick to it but it doesn't say you have to. The last of my cows are calving the first week in May. As soon as she goes I'll be weighting, you've to do it all the one day so I'll have to hold off weaning the September calvers and then weight and wean the one day

I read the T&Cs last nite expecting there to be a lot of hurdles to it, I can't really see them.

In one case I lost a cow to grass teteny and the same week lost a calf, so matched up the two strays. My reading of the T&Cs is that they will be eligible as the calf was born into my herd, it makes no reference to her having to be reared on her mother

Maybe i'm wrong but i dont think it says that you have to weigh all your cows and calves on a single day although that would be ideal. Each cow and calf pair have to be done the same day alrite.

Green&Red · 22-02-2019 01:49PM

You're right, I took that bit from an article, the T&Cs are clearer

tellmeabit · 11-03-2019 08:45PM

Can you see on agfood.ie if you have applied for it? Thought I did but can't see anything on there and haven't had Any contact from dept about it

Dozer1 · 11-03-2019 09:14PM

If you log into ICBF the BEEP option is there under the services tab with a list of eligible cattle.
So all of my autumn 2018 cows and calves were there for me yesterday so I entered their weights pretty easy.

will do the spring 2019 ones later in the year when I assume they'll show up there once the calves are born and registered.

took that to mean i was in the scheme

tellmeabit · 12-03-2019 12:02AM

Ya mine are there too. Cool thanks

patsy_mccabe · 12-03-2019 01:02AM

Ya, mine theree too.

mayota · 15-03-2019 08:05PM

Bit of work for the €40 with this cow.

Anto_Meath · 29-03-2019 06:19PM

I see a local Pedigree Charolais breeder has a few nice Fr cows out with his herd of cattle. Seen two CH calves filling themselves up on one of the cows yesterday evening. Just wondering will he have to weigh the FR cows for this scheme as well as he big pedigree cows. Things like this will fairly jettison any figures out of this scheme.

charolais0153 · 29-03-2019 07:37PM

Anto_Meath wrote: »

I see a local Pedigree Charolais breeder has a few nice Fr cows out with his herd of cattle. Seen two CH calves filling themselves up on one of the cows yesterday evening. Just wondering will he have to weigh the FR cows for this scheme as well as he big pedigree cows. Things like this will fairly jettison any figures out of this scheme.

Another buck might have a creep feeder.what about the calves that get pneumonia and scour,their weights will be back What about the guy that has all his cattle on rushes and bog for the year compared to leafy grass. Things like that will jettison the scheme.

Anto_Meath · 29-03-2019 10:05PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Another buck might have a creep feeder.what about the calves that get pneumonia and scour,their weights will be back What about the guy that has all his cattle on rushes and bog for the year compared to leafy grass. Things like that will jettison the scheme.

O ye, all them things will make a fair mess of it alright. I don't see the benefit of it as every farm is different depending on the market they are looking for. Any one keeping their cattle for stores / kill at 30 months wouldn't be pushing their calf's were as under 16 month beef or weanlings will be pushing the calf on the cow.

patsy_mccabe · 30-03-2019 02:49PM

It's the same with all data that ICBF collect. They collect it across so many farms that all these variations can be filtered out.

patsy_mccabe · 12-04-2019 08:52PM

How to record your animals weights for BEEP on ICBF.com

dohc turbo2 · 12-04-2019 09:51PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

How to record your animals weights for BEEP on ICBF.com

Can we go ahead and weigh animals now

893bet · 12-04-2019 10:26PM

Is there just one weighing or two?

What’s to stop someone making up the numbers?

Sugarbowl · 13-04-2019 01:53PM

893bet wrote: »

Is there just one weighing or two?

What’s to stop someone making up the numbers?

Just weigh each animal once

MeheeHohee · 13-04-2019 10:42PM

Anyone know where to rent a scales in cork/ kerry / limerick? No list up on icbf as was promised

charolais0153 · 13-06-2019 12:26AM

If you have calf’s 6 months old and 1 month old do you weigh them all on the one day pr can you do the big ones and leave the small ones and still do them before the deadline?

Hard Knocks · 13-06-2019 01:07PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

If you have calf’s 6 months old and 1 month old do you weigh them all on the one day pr can you do the big ones and leave the small ones and still do them before the deadline?

Once they’re done by the deadline

I’d say ICBF would like them weighed both times as it’d give more info

grassroot1 · 15-06-2019 08:02PM

I have weighed every animal on the place today will that fulfill my obligations for beep

Bellview · 28-07-2019 11:46PM

MeheeHohee wrote: »

Anyone know where to rent a scales in cork/ kerry / limerick? No list up on icbf as was promised

Farm relief services. I used them, i was able to order scales online in herdplus.. credit to ICBF as easy system

patsy_mccabe · 29-07-2019 12:04AM

Well, they'll have the weights going tru the marts too.
I only got my letter last week.

tellmeabit · 29-07-2019 10:50AM

Bellview wrote:

Farm relief services. I used them, i was able to order scales online in herdplus.. credit to ICBF as easy system

Will it fit in boot with back seats down? Or have to hook up trailer

Sugarbowl · 29-07-2019 01:32PM

tellmeabit wrote: »

Will it fit in boot with back seats down? Or have to hook up trailer

It's over 7 foot long so depends what you drive ;-)

tellmeabit · 29-07-2019 11:24PM

I'll risk it. Thanks

Bellview · 30-07-2019 07:01PM

tellmeabit wrote: »

Will it fit in boot with back seats down? Or have to hook up trailer

I would use trailer..

valtra2 · 03-08-2019 10:48AM

How much is it to rent scales or how much is it per animal to get someone to weight them. Thank

BEEP (Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot Scheme)

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