Pig Payment
Pig farmers can draw down a once-off payment of up to €100,000 under the Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2).
The DAFM states that farmers must nominate one herd in which they wish to make the application in and to which payment applies, to which the 10% reduction of breeding pigs applies and all other criteria.
This nominated herd must have had a minimum level of 200 pigs produced in 2021. These may be pigs sent to slaughter, exported or sold commercially from a breeding herd.
Who can qualify?
- Be eighteen years or over on the date of submission of the application for participation;
- Returned a completed National Pig Census 2021 before April 14th, 2022;
- Be the holder of an active herd number with Herd Owner Status. According to the DAFM, ‘Herd Keeper’ status is not acceptable.
- Must have produced 200 or more animals from January 1st, 2021, to December 31st, 2021, inclusive. These pigs must have been sent to a slaughtering establishment, exported, or sold commercially from a breeding herd in the required period stated above;
- Member of Bord Bia Pigmeat Quality Assurance Scheme (PQAS) at the time of application or undertake to apply to be a member of the Bord Bia Pigmeat Quality Assurance Scheme before August 30th, 2022.
- Have up-to-date quarterly reporting of antimicrobial data to DAFM for 2020, 2021 and Q1 2022 before July 11th, 2022.
- Have completed a TASAH Pig HealthCheck Biosecurity Review (AHI) between January 1st, 2021 and July 11th, 2022;
- Have completed a Target Advisory Service for Animal Health (TASAH) Pig HealthCheck Tail Biting Risk Factor Assessment (AHI) between this date also;
- Demonstrate active participation in the DAFM Pig Welfare Inspection Programme, by scheduling, before July 11th, 2022, their first inspection, or in the case of herds already inspected under the programme, a follow-up inspection where DAFM deems it necessary.
Some conditions:
In respect of the nominated herd, an applicant must, according to the DAFM, remain in pig farmers until August 30th, 2023, and reduce breeding pig numbers by 10% in the herd to which payment applied as compared to the National Pig Census 2021 return for that herd.
Payment rates
According to the DAFM, there will be a total of fourteen payment rates, ranging from €7,500-€100,000 under this scheme.
| Number of pigs produced in 2021 | Payment Rate |
| 6,501 and over | €100,000 |
| 6,001 – 6,500 | €90,000 |
| 5,501- 6,000 | €82,500 |
| 5,001 to 5,500 | €75,000 |
| 4,501 to 5,000 | €67,500 |
| 4,001 to 4,500 | €60,000 |
| 3,501 to 4,000 | €52,500 |
| 3,001 to 3,500 | €45,000 |
| 2,501 to 3,000 | €37,500 |
| 2,001 to 2,500 | €30,000 |
| 1,501 to 2,000 | €22,500 |
| 1,001 to 1,500 | €15,000 |
| 501 to 1,000 | €7,500 |
| 200 to 500 | €3,000 |
Apply
Applications opened on June 13th, 2022, and will close on July 11th, 2022.
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