€1.7m paid to farmers in first year of EID tag subsidy scheme
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. has confirmed that over €1.7 million has been paid out to approx. 58,000 farmers under year 1 of the Bovine EID tag subsidy scheme. The scheme was introduced to assist farmers in transitioning to the new mandatory electronic identification system which requires that all … Read more