Sheep turnover crate, foot bath & TAMS

countyhouse · 06-12-2019 11:55am #1

Thinking of buying sheep turnover crate, foot bath and some penning under TAMS. Which turnover crate is the least physical to operate? Been told that O’Donnell Engineering’s one doesn’t take a lot of physical effort which would suit me, not getting any younger. Downside, been told that it is very heavy to move around and that I should get one with wheels. Any advice welcome. Is 40 sheep the minimum number for TAMS and are lambs and ram eligible? Don’t want to spend more than €2000 which is the minimum spend under TAMS

razor8 · 06-12-2019 1:16pm

What will you use turnover grate for?

foxirl · 08-12-2019 11:14am

countyhouse wrote: »

Thinking of buying sheep turnover crate, foot bath and some penning under TAMS. Which turnover crate is the least physical to operate? Been told that O’Donnell Engineering’s one doesn’t take a lot of physical effort which would suit me, not getting any younger. Downside, been told that it is very heavy to move around and that I should get one with wheels. Any advice welcome. Is 40 sheep the minimum number for TAMS and are lambs and ram eligible? Don’t want to spend more than €2000 which is the minimum spend under TAMS

2000 is minimum to get approval. Oncev approved you can spend and claim for any amount under 2000. So for example you could just buy the footbath for 300 and claim for that.

countyhouse · 08-12-2019 9:52pm

razor8 wrote: »

What will you use turnover grate for?

Dealing with foot rot etc, texel ewes heavy for me at this stage

countyhouse · 08-12-2019 9:55pm

foxirl wrote: »

2000 is minimum to get approval. Oncev approved you can spend and claim for any amount under 2000. So for example you could just buy the footbath for 300 and claim for that.

I thought I would have to purchase equipment exceeding €2000! This is much better now if what you say is correct. Did you have experience of this yourself?

kk.man · 08-12-2019 10:12pm

countyhouse wrote: »

Dealing with foot rot etc, texel ewes heavy for me at this stage

You should not have to turn up a ewe if you have a foot bath and a regular routine of doi them in it.

foxirl · 09-12-2019 10:44am

countyhouse wrote: »

I thought I would have to purchase equipment exceeding €2000! This is much better now if what you say is correct. Did you have experience of this yourself?

I can confirm I claimed for less than 2000 and got paid. Think they changed the rules at some stage to get the money pushed our. You still need to put in an application for over 2k. You just don't claim it all one approved

memorystick · 10-12-2019 11:06pm

Do store lambs count or does it have to be breeding stock?

Bleating Lamb · 12-12-2019 2:12am

Under TAMS what % of cost do you get back in grant?......

for eg just say if the OP spent €2000 on rollover crate,penning and foot bath area for example how much of the €2000 would he get back once work completed and grant approved.

foxirl · 12-12-2019 1:08pm

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Under TAMS what % of cost do you get back in grant?......

for eg just say if the OP spent €2000 on rollover crate,penning and foot bath area for example how much of the €2000 would he get back once work completed and grant approved.

If he spent 2000 then out of that 374 is vat which he can't reclaim. So he can reclaim 60% or 40% of the remaining 1626 depending on if he is a qualified young farmer or not.

Depending on what he is buying he may or may not be able to reclaim the full vat amount from the revenue

Vat can usually be reclaimed on items which are fixed to the ground, e.g. Fencing

countyhouse · 29-01-2020 7:37pm

Is 40 the number of ewes to be eligible for tams?
Can lambs born March 2019 be included to make up the number. I assume I cannot include ram!!

sonnybill · 18-02-2020 1:27am

countyhouse wrote: »

Is 40 the number of ewes to be eligible for tams?
Can lambs born March 2019 be included to make up the number. I assume I cannot include ram!!

Weaned lambs or older of either sex , average of 40 upwards

DJ98 · 31-07-2020 11:24am

Just after applying to tams for mobile equipment (penning, scales and adoption fronts), do I go buy the equipment now or have I do wait to get approval or how does this work? Also how long does it take to get approval

DJ98 · 05-08-2020 8:42pm

DJ98 wrote: »

Just after applying to tams for mobile equipment (penning, scales and adoption fronts), do I go buy the equipment now or have I do wait to get approval or how does this work? Also how long does it take to get approval

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J.O. Farmer · 05-08-2020 9:51pm

DJ98 wrote: »

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You've to wait for approval.

Sami23 · 18-08-2020 10:30pm

DJ98 wrote: »

Just after applying to tams for mobile equipment (penning, scales and adoption fronts), do I go buy the equipment now or have I do wait to get approval or how does this work? Also how long does it take to get approval

For mobile equipment like that you can go ahead and purchase straight away after submitting your application.

DJ98 · 18-08-2020 10:32pm

Sami23 wrote: »

For mobile equipment like that you can go ahead and purchase straight away after submitting your application.

How would you be certain that you will receive the grant?

Sami23 · 19-08-2020 8:29am

DJ98 wrote: »

How would you be certain that you will receive the grant?

That's the chance you have to take I'm afraid but if you keep your costs under the reference costs you should be fine. Or else decide if you can wait to purchase the items after you get approval. If you did without them up to now whats another few months.
I bought a sheep scales myself the week after submitting my application after getting confirmation from the dept. that it was ok to do so.

k mac · 19-08-2020 10:26am

Is there a minimum stocking rate to be eligible for TAMS, like the fencing grant required 50 sheep

Sami23 · 19-08-2020 10:27am

k mac wrote: »

Is there a minimum stocking rate to be eligible for TAMS, like the fencing grant required 50 sheep

No that only applies to the sheep fencing

Sheep turnover crate, foot bath & TAMS

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