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Over €10,000 in payments under the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme has commenced in Leitrim, the Department of Agriculture has announced.
A total of €10,140 will be paid to 29 participants in Leitrim. Nationally, 9,175 farmers are participating in the scheme, supporting 299,839 dairy beef calves, with payments totalling €5.98 million now commenced.
These payments form part of scheme year two of the CAP Strategic Plan Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme.
The current payments represent a 17.4 percent increase in the number of calves supported compared to scheme year one.
The Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme supports dairy farmers in improving the health and welfare of the national dairy herd through the use of higher genetic merit beef sires.
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This is the second year of the scheme under the CAP Strategic Plan, with payments issuing in respect of eligible calves born on applicants’ holdings between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
“The issuing of payments under the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme supports both dairy and beef farmers who recognise the benefits from the greater integration of the beef and dairy herds that this scheme supports,” said Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
“The Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme will reopen for applications in April 2026 for new applicants, but farmers who applied in 2024 or 2025 do not need to reapply as their participation in the scheme will automatically continue.”
Payments of €20 per eligible calf, up to a maximum of 50 calves per applicant herd, will be made to qualifying participants. These payments will appear in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days.
Farmers wishing to contact the Department regarding their Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme payments can call the Direct Payments Helpline on 057 8674422 or email dairybeef@agriculture.gov.ie.
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