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2 similar Dairy Heifer Rearing Agreement contracts
SPECIMENDairy Heifer Rearing Agreement • March 30th, 2021
This is one of two specimen agreements drawn up to assist farmers intending to enter into dairy replacement heifer rearing contracts. This version proposes a weight bonus contract whereby payments are made by the dairy farmer to the contract rearer based on agreed fixed charges per day for each replacement heifer kept plus an additional payment based on achieving agreed target weights. (The first version, a flat rate specimen agreement, is based on agreed fixed charges per day for each replacement heifer.) The Teagasc document,
SPECIMENDairy Heifer Rearing Agreement • April 30th, 2012
This is one of two specimen agreements drawn up to assist farmers intending to enter into dairy replacement heifer rearing contracts. This version proposes a weight bonus contract whereby payments are made by the dairy farmer to the contract rearer based on agreed fixed charges per day for each replacement heifer kept plus an additional payment based on achieving agreed target weights. (The first version, a flat rate specimen agreement, is based on agreed fixed charges per day for each replacement heifer.) The Teagasc document, ”Guidelines for the Contract Rearing of Replacement Heifers” should be read to provide guidance to farmers intending to enter into such an agreement. Farmers intending to enter into such an arrangement should draw up an agreed document with the help of their professional advisers. This specimen document puts forward possible options
