Ireland: Farmers to receive €28m in BDGP payments in coming days

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue today (Monday, December 12) confirmed that payments under the 2022 Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) have commenced. Commenting on the commencement of payments, the minister said: “I am very pleased that payments have commenced under the really important BDGP scheme, which have brought about reductions in Ireland’s greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions while also introducing genetic technology into the national herd thus improving farm profitability. “The BGDP has also been critical income support for beef and suckler farmers since its inception. “Payments valued at over €28 million are issuing over the coming days to over 14,500 participants across both programmes.” BDGP A one-year transitional BDGP for 2022 saw 16,524 of the original BDGP I scheme’s participants opt to continue in the scheme for 2022. Advertisement The second tranche of the original programme, Beef Data and Genomics Programme II, has 1,402 ...