Understanding Weighing Requirements for the National Dairy Beef Scheme and Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme

Weighing Schemes - Reminder

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Scheme:

Each live calf must be unweaned and weighed with its dam on the applicants holding on the same day;

Where a calf dies before five months of age or its dam, this must be recorded on AIM and the 80% does not include such a pair;

All calves being submitted for weighing must have been born in the herd within each scheme year; All calves being submitted for weighing must be eligible for the scheme. They must be out a suckler dam and sired by a beef bull;

All calves being submitted for weighing must be in the ownership and possession of the applicant since birth and maintained on the holding;

The calf must be a minimum of 50 days old before it is eligible to be weighed; Weights should be submitted within seven days of weighing and no later than 1 November annually. These weights can be submitted online to ICBF or posted to ICBF if recorded in paper format.

National Dairy Beef Scheme:

• Applicants must weigh a minimum of 5 eligible calves and up to a maximum of 50 calves and submit the weights to the ICBF

• Calves must be at least 12 weeks old at the time of weighing and be registered in applicant’s herd for a

t least 10 days before weighing

• All weights should be submitted to ICBF within 7 days of weighing but must be no later than 17.30hrs on 1 November 2025

This is for existing applicants only - no new applications.