AN interim replacement for the Scottish Beef Calf Scheme, which can no longer continue under CAP legislation, is being put in place from the beginning of next year.
It is designed to ensure support payments to the beef sector until new Common Agricultural Policy regulations come into force.
Rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead said the scheme would help some of Scotland’s most vulnerable beef producers by targeting payments towards small farms in hills and other less favoured areas.
The new scheme allows target funding towards smaller herds through re-weighted payment
levels, so the first 10 eligible calves receive three times the payment rate for any subsequent calf. It is in line with the recommendations of the Pack Inquiry.
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