Scotland beef efficiency scheme

[puppet]

Hardly likely to be a big issue this scenario though is it?

A pretty paltry payment over 3 years is hardly likely to attract many people to go into a scheme thinking if I go into this then scale back by 75% then I'm a real clever chap that's worked the system!

I certainly wouldn't be using the beef efficiency scheme as my clincher on whether to expand or reduce numbers by drastic amounts either way.

You would not do it deliberately but if the timing was right to get £3000 a year when due to downsize be daft not to take it. Like historical payment of SFP it is locking an industry into production which occurred years ago. And we call for support for new entrants?

 

[pat kcotnit]

Did any other participants in this scheme get 3 emails on the 7/12 with the first one listing almost 200 email addresses of participants in the scheme. The email was informing us that the calves have now been selected for tagging. 2nd email was same as first but without the email addresses. 3rd email was an apology about including the list of participants email addresses in the 1st email and that they take our privacy seriously. A bit late for that!

 

[scholland]

Did any other participants in this scheme get 3 emails on the 7/12 with the first one listing almost 200 email addresses of participants in the scheme. The email was informing us that the calves have now been selected for tagging. 2nd email was same as first but without the email addresses. 3rd email was an apology about including the list of participants email addresses in the 1st email and that they take our privacy seriously. A bit late for that!

Ye i got the same.
Does anyone know what genomic tests they are going to do on the samples. Many many option of tests that could be done but nobody seems to know what they are testing for.

 

[Hilly]

Did any other participants in this scheme get 3 emails on the 7/12 with the first one listing almost 200 email addresses of participants in the scheme. The email was informing us that the calves have now been selected for tagging. 2nd email was same as first but without the email addresses. 3rd email was an apology about including the list of participants email addresses in the 1st email and that they take our privacy seriously. A bit late for that!

Oh thats bad patter.

 

[Bossfarmer]

ive been sent a list of 18 calves to be tagged does anyone know when ive to do this by?

 

[Bossfarmer]

also ive still about 40 calves that are registered but need the BES data updating is this why ive only been sent a list of 18?

 

[pat kcotnit]

also ive still about 40 calves that are registered but need the BES data updating is this why ive only been sent a list of 18?

20% of the calves are picked for testing.

 

[Bullabong]

Where do you find out the calves that have been selected? I've checked scot eid but can't see anything on there.

 

[Crex]

Where do you find out the calves that have been selected? I've checked scot eid but can't see anything on there.

Same here.

 

[Bossfarmer]

20% of the calves are picked for testing.

they must have made a mistake because they've selected 18 calves and I had 175 in the reference year

 

[biggmw]

they must have made a mistake because they've selected 18 calves and I had 175 in the reference year[/QUOTE
How many you still got on the holding?

Remember they are accounting for folk who have sold some or all??

 

[hillman]

Are they all having to be tagged or just a %?

 

[pat kcotnit]

We have had approx 21% of the calf's born in the first half of the year selected for tagging. We are still to update the autumn born calving data (Got until middle of January to do so). We haven't sold any of these yet.

 

[pat kcotnit]

Tags arrived today.

 

[canam1]

Tags arrived today.

What make are the tags?

 

[sodbuster]

What make are the tags?

Allflex

 

[pat kcotnit]

What make are the tags?

Allflex. Just a button with each animals (that has been selected) number on it. Never used tissue sampling tags before but looks straightforward. Comes with an applicator and all the paperwork to go with the samples back to the lab for testing, including postage paid box to do so.

 

[Top Tip.]

I have checked scot-eid and they say none of my calves have been selected for testing,I wonder if this is because 85% of them have been sold.

 

[canam1]

All of our calves selected are from the May born calves none from February/March born lot.

 

[Stewartry hill]

Most of my calves selected are from heifers and AI bulls