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Title
New €235 million suckler welfare scheme approved.
Abstract
The article reports on the European Union's (EU) approval of a new exchequer-funded suckler welfare scheme. It states that a payment of €80 per cow, up to a limit of 100 cows, will be available to suckler cow farmers who comply with six animal measures. It was taken into account that these measures, which is in relation to calves born from January 1, 2008, include the recording of animal events, disbudding of calves and the castration of bull calves.