If you're a farmer in Wales, you can get up to 20% off a Cotter Crate, 40% off Automed Dosing Guns and 40% off weigh heads and EID readers through the Small Grants - Efficiency Scheme. Full detail of the scheme here.
What you need to know about the grant:
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The grant application window runs from March 6 2024 – April 16 2024
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The minimum grant is £1,000 and the maximum is £12,000
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Provides max 40% contribution towards NEW equipment (ex VAT)
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The grant will be a maximum 40% contribution against actual invoiced costs
- You have 180 days after you get your grant contract to make a claim
- Previous participation in the Farm Business Grant will not affect your ability to apply for the maximum £12,000 grant.
- It's £12,000 across the last Small Grants window and this window that is available to you. You can keep applying for items until you exhaust your £12,000 max support.
The Cotter Crate Sheep + Lamb Handler is eligible under the following headings:
- Sheep Handler
Reference cost: £2,509
Max grant amount: £1,004
Score: 417.5
Grant you should receive: £1,004 (the lowest cost Cotter Crate is more expensive that the reference cost)
Specification: "Crate or clamp style sheep handler capable of allowing efficient dagging, dosing and sorting of sheep. (For sorting sheep, the handler will release sheep through a drafting gate.) Must be fully galvanised or powder paint coated metal. NOTE: Cotter Crate is eligible as stainless steel construction."
Any Cotter Crate with Drafting qualifies ✅
- Weigh Bars / Platforms
Reference cost: £1,120
Max grant amount: £448
Score: 410
Grant you should receive: £448 (our load bars are more expensive than the reference cost)
Specification: "Load bars or a platform compatible with the crush, compatible with an electronic weigh system"
The Weigh Bars added to your Cotter Crate qualifies ✅
Automed Smart Dosing Gun
- Auto EID Drench Gun
Reference cost: £850
Max grant amount: £340
Score: 430
Grant you will receive: £340 (Automed is a little more expensive than the reference cost so you will get the max grant amount)
Item must be: "A drenching gun, comprising the ability to wirelessly communicate with a weigh head to automatically adjust the dosage of drench or pour on depending on the animal’s weight, and ability to download treatment reports to a computer or mobile device."
Automed Gun with 20ml Oral/Pour-on Adapter qualifies ✅
Weigh Heads and EID readers
- Electronic Weigh System
Reference cost: £978
Max grant amount: £391
Score: 410
Specification: "Digital weighing device with the ability to record individual animal’s weight, track live weight gains and interface with a computer or mobile device."
WeighRite ✅, TruTest Eziweigh7i ✅, TruTest JR5000 ✅ and TruTest XR5000 ✅ qualifies.
Grant you should receive: the cost of the WeighRite and Eziweigh7i is lower than the expected average cost, so you will simply receive 40% of what they cost (WeighRite is £453, Eziweigh7i is £766). For the JR5000 and XR5000, they cost more than the reference cost, so you'll receive the grant amount of £318 (a 33% effective grant on the JR5000, and 23% on the XR5000).
- EID hand held device
Reference cost: £1,114
Max grant amount: £446
Score: 520
Specification: "handheld EID reader comprising RFID technology for individual reading and recording of animals, ability to record individual weights, treatments, births, movement, and capability of exporting data to a computer based software package or cloud based application for the active monitoring of livestock"
Agrident AWR300 ✅ and Agrident APR450 ✅ qualifies
Grant you should receive: Both of these readers are cheaper than the average cost, so you should instead receive 40% of what they cost ex VAT (AWR300 costs £679, APR450 costs £609).
