SCEP Scheme

for those that havet the training done….uou can skip the videos by pulling them to the last 5 seconds or so….just saying

And miss all the fun?

I watched them all a few times just to let the magic soak in. Was like sitting down to watch the Godfather Trilogy in terms of filmography, suspense and drama

Is this a reference year for star cows. Have a 5 star cow scanned empty that I was thinking of selling.

I had an inspection today. Weighing cows and calves and cross referencing them off my previous weights inputted. They were then checking for genotype tags in the right animals. I have to say the inspector was fair and it wasn’t near as stressful as I was expecting.

just over a month ago

some cows were back between 20-30kg and some had put on about the same. Calves across the board done a minimum of 1.5kg per day so I was happy with that and that includes two sets of twins.

I actually have to complement DAFM on putting in training that suits farmers lifestyles and especially suckler farmers. It was probably the 1st large-scale online training that farmers had to engage with and for the majority, it was painless, being able to do it at your own time and own place. The killer up to now has been having to take time off work, to sit in room with many others who would rather be elsewhere. If there is more training that is aligned to schemes we should be singing for it to be online. The % that are not online or can't get access with a family, friend or neighbour is small. You have to look at the proliferation or online marts now

Did most of the SCEP online training today. 6 of the 7 modules completed. God, it's gruelling. I now know what Good Mothering ability is - licking the calf after birth and letting the calf drink.

Closing date for this training is 15th November 2024.

That is the name of the game. Questions are repetitive if you fail the exam just restart it remembering incorrect answers after a couple of attempts you will get it right.

It's similar to a lot of online training many have to cope with in there jobs it's a box ticking excersise

Enter them online, you're only a few days outside of deadline.

It used to be 'the dog ate my homework', now it's 'the dog chewed the computer lead'.

Do you get a penalty and if entered get it again later

No sorry, penalised of not all data there and later they make the payment covering what you were penalised if you corrections. Did the calving data etc for an elder neighbour last year and looks like that is what happened for him

the weanlings that are sold are grand that’s to be expected as are the culled ones. You are as well print off the previous weights so you have a rough idea what they were in at. There is a tolerance they work by and I was told mine was 30kg approx from initial weighing to second weighing on the cows. The weanlings they will have worked out what weight they should be at .

It’s not too bad in fairness I’d a couple of cows that wouldn’t stay on the scales the first time around and the weight was guessed to be honest and I just put my hands up and the inspector was grand about it.