Kicked out of SCEP

Jaysus that's a sickener, I had a cow 1st calve in July then back to May following year. Got paid twice for her in that year but not included in the 1st year numbers at all.

You should have back dated I back dated a calf born on jul 27 as I am low this year to make my reference numbers. What you can do is get a doctors note to say you where unable to farm to the full ability in 2024/5 and some things slipped I know someone that had to do this and it worked.

Definitely this, get on to your advisor and get them to write up an appeal letter. More than likely they have had to deal with somebody else in this situation aswell at some stage.

I remember that question was asked back in the day when we had the training and the answer then was that a Bull keeps the stars for the life of the Scheme but the Cows can change from year to year

I don’t see what the SCEP eligibility of your cows has to do with your problem tho. You were kicked out because you didn’t calve 50% of the reference number in time.

I know a farmer who was half way through the BDGP scheme and decided he wanted to sell all his cows and go into drystock but he didn’t want to pay back the BDGP money he already got. He decided to make up a cock and bull story that he was depressed and couldn’t cope so had to sell the cows. He went to the doctor and got put on medication. To cut a long story short a local TD sorted it for him that he got to keep the money. As soon as the money was secure his depression magically disappeared. Something like this is your only hope imo, unfortunately that’s how things work in this country.

I would go with the truth if you have any sort of record of having served cows and them not holding. Did you record the serves on any apps or even a notebook? Could possibly fall under force majeure as you can clearly show you have the cows in your herd and them not holding was unforeseeable circumstances that prevented you from complying with the requirements.