New Teagasc Contract Calf and Weanling Rearing Agreements
There is growing interest in contract arrangements between farmers to rear calves and other young cattle. Teagasc has responded by developing new contract agreement templates.
New Teagasc Contract Calf and Weanling Rearing Agreements
With growing dairy herds, many dairy farmers are now beginning to encounter difficulties in sourcing high quality skilled labour. Also the lack of available lands to lease/purchase, and in cases limited or inadequate calf/heifer rearing facilities, is leading to more dairy farmers looking to outsource the rearing of calves through contract rearing agreements.
In other farming enterprises, poor and volatile market prices have resulted in poor profitability of other main farming enterprises. This has paved the way for increased opportunity for contract calf, and/or weanling, rearing arrangements to be formed in the upcoming years.
Teagasc has developed two templates - one for calves and the other for weanlings. \ Philip Doyle
On the back of growing interest in contract arrangements between farmers to rear calves and weanlings, Teagasc has developed new agreement templates.
The templates have been developed in conjunction with solicitor Diarmaid O Cathain, collaborative farming consultant Ben Roche and Teagasc collaborative farming specialist Gordon Peppard.
Contract calf-rearing arrangement
This template agreement provides for the contract rearing for calves greater than 10 days old up to weaning.
It is predominantly intended for, but not restricted to, the rearing of bull calves from the dairy herd.
March 15, 2021 10:50 am
Teagasc has responded to a “growing interest in contract arrangements” between farmers to rear calves and other young cattle by developing new contract agreement templates.
With growing dairy herds, many dairy farmers are now beginning to encounter difficulties in sourcing high quality skilled labour, the agricultural authority says.
Other factors for this include a lack of available lands to lease/purchase, and in cases limited or inadequate calf/heifer rearing facilities.
As a result, more dairy farmers are looking to outsource the rearing of calves through contract rearing agreements.
Meanwhile, in other farming enterprises, poor and volatile market prices have resulted in poor profitability of other main farming enterprises.
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