Bluetongue, Cost of Production & Feed Budgeting

OK, then, Tiffany, the Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme, or SUSSS for short, the window for claims there has opened again, I believe.

It has opened and it closes on the 30th of November.

Realistically, it's not everybody with sheep who's eligible for it.

So if you've done it in previous years, get your application in.

It's only if you've got a lot of Region 3 land.

Yeah, I think 80% of your land is Region 3 and you've got less than 200 hectares of Region 1.

Again, look through the guidance, see if you're eligible.

It's probably more people in the West that will be eligible for it rather than in the East.

The other one to be thinking about is Scottish Suckler Beef Supporter Scheme.

This year, again, it is a calving interval of 410 days or less.

And there remains a derogation if you've got 10 or less calves as well.

So make sure you think about that.

Get your application in as soon as you've finished calving.

Yeah, every year we have people who leave it and leave it and leave it and leave it to December.

And every year there's somebody that forgets and they're into January and it's, oh dear, I haven't...

Maybe that's not the word to use.

I haven't put an in my calf claim and...

As soon as you're finished calving, as soon as that calf gets to 30 days, you can put your claims in.

You know, if you've finished done and dusted in April or May, you can bang your claims in.

Then you do not need to leave it till December to stick them in.

Get them in, get them processed.

And it's one job out of the way and it gives you peace of mind.

And the other job that you really do need to get out of the way to give you peace of mind is make sure if you were successful in the future farming investment scheme last year, you need to get your evidence in.

They have extended the deadline to the end of September.

So you should have already done it.