Freshwater Pearl Mussel Ireland

PMP farmers - please note that the deadline for applications to the €100m BEAM (Beef Exceptional Aid Measure) scheme has been extended to midnight on Sunday, September 15.

Under the scheme, aid will be paid on suckler cows that calved  in 2018, at a rate of €40 per animal, up to a maximum of 40 sucklers per herd.

Also aid will be paid on adult cattle slaughtered between September 24, 2018, and May 12, 2019, at a rate of €100 per animal, up to a maximum of 100 finished animals per herd.

To be accepted in the scheme, applicant farmers must commit to reducing the level of bovine livestock manure nitrogen per farm by 5%.

All applications to be made online.

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