TAMS

Just to confirm it’s 37N concrete required for slatted tanks, laybacks etc. What sort of a price is it per metre at the moment does anyone know.

Will make a few phones calls tomorrow but just got a quote through which all materials are being included (for the tanks etc) and previous quotes were labour only so need to price concrete to compare. I know still included too but that’s harder to price without a list.

Thanks, should be mix b then which is 37N. Info I see there looking it up says mix a (45N) is for silage slabs, silage pit walls etc.

Both the concrete suppliers and concrete worksman should be on top of TAMS requirements too

for the mobile crush is that 2272+vat. You cannot claim the vat back so it is grant aid of 1363 on a total out lay of 2794.56 inc vat at 23%

Did a job a few years ago and like the look of the condon style mobile crush. Designed the job around it and made it a lifetime job. The morris style head gate is super for cattle flow and squeeze on the crush is just fantastic with suckler stock. With all the weighting schemes it has been well paid. Like the posters said above it will be over the the reference cost for scales and a mobile crush, but it really pays in safety and speed of working beef stock. A simple thing of sheeting on the bottom doors is great to mind the feet. Taking time to design it with cattle flow is key, no one piece of investment in handling will save time, it's he collective of lots of little things in the design that when really efficiency is got. Look at the the jobs that you are doing, like the forcing pen, safe working zone, a work area, drafting, area for loading cattle into a trailer, lighting, and even cleaning. Designing it around existing pens in the sheds or yards can help. Imagine at the herd test having all cattle in the yard and sheds and it's only a matter of moving them.

If you do consider it really drives down the cost of the scales as most are designed for weight bars under them. Any time I want to weight it's only bring out the clock and connect it. Cattle are so used to going over it it you weight stock quick. I always weight stock before going to the factory and will run the whole bunch over the scales and draft off the ones I want. I have a good handle on thrive of the remainder then.

Other makes out there are the te pari, Bateman, and the clipex. Condons was the cheaper and sufficient for nearly all Irish farmers, bar a feedlot.

Would agree on slats first and grazing infrastructure next followed by handling. Feel free to drop a DM

Finally received the approval letter today for my TAM's LESS application I applied for on the 12th of December

AFAIK items that are granted aided separately have to be costed individually

Probably a silly question, but i see theirs a Tams grant for a manure pit but none for a dungstead.

what exactly is the difference??

how strict are they in relation to making a small start before the grant is approved, basically I just want to clear a bank of stuff and take away the walls of an open pit, 2 or 3 days machine work. Has anyone had issues with similar in the past

I tried to make a claim and I could t get it started. Got the below error.

I am tax compliant. Seem to have lost the approval letter. By local office is it the Tams department I need to contact to try get them my tax clearance or what is it?

In an inspection they will want to see the account is has been paid from. If you pay via credit card, I would assume you will have to show the statement and payment in full from current ac. Debit card would show on the current ac so no issue

When submitting paperwork to receive TAMS payment on a tanker and shoeis it just the invoice,health and safety cert and your tax clearance cert that's needed?

If its a partnership there cannot be herd numbers from outside the partnership involved and all herd numbers from with in the partnershipmust be declared. As well all payments (Marts, Factory and department) must go into joint account. If not a penalty onnyou farm payment equivalent to tge sums paid into other accounts is applied against your farm payments

For the fencing grant lately it took a bit over two weeks. However a tuine harrow is waiting even though it was at pre approval before it but applied for at a later tranche. I know I could buy it as its mobile machinery

I applied this time last year and got approved last week.

is there tams on sprayers for dairy/beef farmers? Ie the average 400 litre sprayer

Is it covered below? And how is the reference cost calculated from the below?

ah missed that! The reference cost calculation looked too large scale for a farmer given the cost of the average 400/800l sprayer.
Not for me anyway. Neighbour was asking.