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Kerry Cattle Premium Scheme
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The Kerry Cattle Premium Scheme provides financial support to encourage farmers to keep herds of Kerry cattle. It helps to maintain a sufficient reserve of pure-bred breeding stock.
The objective of the Scheme is to encourage the maintenance of a number of separate herds of Kerry Cattle in Ireland and the creation and maintenance of a sufficient reserve of pure-bred breeding stock. An applicant is eligible to participate in the scheme if:
• the herd owner is a member of the Kerry Cattle Society Ltd in the year of application
• the herd is located within the territory of the State
• the herd contains at least two breeding females entered in the breeding book of the Kerry Cattle Society Ltd
• the sire of eligible calves is of the purebred Kerry breed;
• eligible progeny of Kerry cows in the herd are submitted for birth notification or entry in the Kerry Cattle breeding book and are registered through the Animal Events system
• each animal, on which premium is being applied for, was born in the applicant's herd and is alive on the date of application.
For a full list of Terms and Conditions and applications please contact:
Livestock Breeding, Production and Trade
Address:
Livestock Breeding, Production and Trade, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Cavan Office, Government Buildings, Farnham Street Cavan,
, H12 D459
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Terms, Conditions and Application for Kerry Cattle Premium Scheme 2024
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Farmers can get a premium of €120.00 per eligible calf up to a maximum payment on 32 animals in any herd in a calendar year.
For further information contact:
Livestock Breeding Section
Address:
Farnham Street, Cavan,
, H12 D459
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+353 (0) 49 436 1486
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