The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus)(Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021

Income support payments – pig producers

5.—(1) The Department may make an income support payment to a pig producer comprising the amount of payments calculated in accordance with paragraph (3), paragraph (4) or, as the case may be, paragraph (5) if the conditions set out in paragraph (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are that the pig producer–

(a) had a pig slaughtered–

(i) by Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena) (company registration number NI071259) during the period beginning on 4th September 2020 and ending on 7th November 2020 (both dates inclusive);

(ii) by Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena) during the period specified in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and a pig slaughtered by William Grant and Company Limited (company registration number NI000477) during the period beginning on 21st August 2020 and ending on 4th September 2020 (both dates inclusive) but had no pig slaughtered by William Grant and Company Limited during the period beginning on 27th July 2020 and ending on 20th August 2020 (both dates inclusive); or

(iii) by Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena) during the period specified in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and a pig slaughtered by Karro Food Group Limited (company registration number 08312502) during the period beginning on 21st August 2020 and ending on 4th September 2020 (both dates inclusive), but had no pig slaughtered by Karro Food Group Limited during the period beginning on 27th July 2020 and ending on 20th August 2020 (both dates inclusive);

(b) at the date of slaughter was recorded on APHIS with a pig herd number linked to that pig producer’s business ID; and

(c) has either–

(i) provided consent in writing for the Department to use information provided by the first purchaser to calculate the amount of income support payment, subject to confirmation by the pig producer that the information provided by the first purchaser is accurate; or

(ii) where the first purchaser has not provided the Department with the information necessary to calculate the amount of the income support payment, provided the Department with the details of their business ID, the number and date of the pigs sold to the first purchaser and the name of that first purchaser.

(3) A pig producer whose pigs were slaughtered by Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena) during the period beginning on 4th September 2020 and ending on 7th November 2020 (both dates inclusive) is eligible to an income support payment of–

(a) £15 per pig slaughtered; and

(b) an additional payment of £16.79 per pig slaughtered where a reduction in the price per kilogramme of the cold carcase was applied for a slaughtered pig which either exceeded the contract specification for–

(i) weight; or

(ii) weight and fat level.

(4) A pig producer whose pigs were slaughtered by William Grant and Company Limited during the period beginning on 21st August 2020 and ending on 4th September 2020 (both dates inclusive) is eligible to an income support payment of £11.18 per pig slaughtered.

(5) A pig producer whose pigs were slaughtered by Karro Food Group Limited (company registration number 08312502) during the period beginning on 21st August 2020 and ending on 4th September 2020 (both dates inclusive) is eligible to an income support payment of £2.58 per pig slaughtered.

(6) An income support payment must not be made if the pig slaughtered was certified on APHIS as unfit for human consumption.

(7) In this article “pig herd number” means a number issued by the Department to record animal groupings within a business ID.