Details of €50/tonne Glanbia Fodder Scheme

Under Glanbia’s Fodder Scheme a rebate of €50 per tonne will be paid on all tonnage of qualifying product ordered between April 1st and April 23rd 2018 for delivery by April 28th.

All Glanbia Co-op members including Purchasing Groups and Co-op members supplying third party processors are qualifying participants for the purposes of this scheme.

Qualifying Products

All manufactured ruminant feed including:

• Dairy feed
• Beef feed
• Calf feed; and
• Sheep feed.

Calf milk replacer

Straights with the capability to act safely as a silage stretcher, limited to:

• Beet pulp nuts;
• Citrus pulp; and
• Soya hulls.

The following products are excluded

• Straights other that those listed above
• Non ruminant feeds/horse feed
• Alfalfa imported from Spain or any other forage product.

To qualify for the rebate, product must be ordered between April 1st and close of business on the 23rd of April 2018 and delivered by April 28th 2018. Product collected ex-store up to close of business on April 28th will quality.

Please note that notwithstanding the significant production capacity and transportation challenges, Glanbia will make every effort to ensure that product ordered by April 23rd will be delivered by the scheme closing date of April 28th. However, given the substantial demand for product there may be some unavoidable delays in delivery.

In the event that for logistical/capacity reasons within Glanbia some tonnage ordered by the scheme closing date of April 23rd is delivered after April 28th this product will still qualify for rebate under this scheme.

The spirit of the Fodder Scheme is focused on providing Glanbia Co-op members with support in relation to helping to address a material shortage of fodder on farms as a result of prolonged difficult weather conditions.

In that context, under the scheme there is no limitation on the volume purchased by an individual customer – provided that:

• The product is purchased for use on the Co-op members own farm,
• There is no attempt to purchase product for re-sale and the volumes purchased reflect the normal usage pattern on that farm for the month of April/early May (adjusted for the current unseasonal weather).

Any abuse of the scheme could result in the non-payment of the Fodder Scheme Rebate.

In terms of payment, Glanbia’s objective is to have the rebate on qualifying volumes paid during the month of May 2018 for all product delivered by April 28th. The Fodder Scheme rebate will not qualify for VAT.

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First Published 10 April 2018