Kerry Cattle Premium Scheme

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.

A premium of €120 per eligible calf is payable for 2024

For a full list of Terms and Conditions and applications please contact:

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:

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