Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently seeking quotes for electronic identification (EID) readers.
Mart Managers of Ireland (MMI) has called on the department of agriculture (DAFM) to increase the grant to install EID facilities for cattle.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is considering what role cattle passports will play in the future of the traceability system.
Livestock management company Datamars is currently running a competition offering farmers the opportunity to win an EID stick reader.
Beef
Spring calving is just around the corner on dairy and suckler farms and with that, new regulations around animal identification and tagging.
Following the announcement by Minister McConalogue of a subsidy scheme for EID tagging, a farm organisation has said farmers are "not fooled".
Beef News
Acknowledging the provision of the €4.25 million scheme for Bovine EID tagging, the IFA said the agriculture minister needs to go further.
Opinion
The Irish government is to be congratulated for taking the decision to push ahead with the mandatory electronic (EID) tagging of cattle...
Agri Politics
Farmers "must be provided with adequate funding" to deal with the introduction of compulsory bovine electronic identification (EID) tagging..
The cost of implementing mandatory EID for cattle should be borne "by those who benefit from it", one farm organisation has argued.
Sheep
The ICSA is calling for the requirement for the tagging of newborn lambs to be dropped, arguing that it is "an animal welfare issue".
The Department of Agriculture is involved in preliminary work on the scope of introducing mandatory EID tagging in cattle.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking into the possibility of bringing in compulsory EID tagging for cattle.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved four further marts to read electronic sheep tags.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has approved 16 further marts to read electronic sheep tags.
Approximately €2.13 million will be paid to sheep farmers under the Sheep Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved two further marts to read electronic sheep tags.
Today marks the closing date for the Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme, the Department of Agriculture has announced.
A full EID tag set comprises of one yellow electronic tag inserted into the sheep's right ear, and a yellow conventional tag in the left ear.
The first mart to have the capability to read EID tags will be ready by the end of this month, according to Minister Creed.
The extension of EID to all sheep as of June 1, provides an opportunity to marts and slaughter plants to apply to operate as an approved CPR.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmer's Association has warned that sheep farmers will be 'wiped out' if prices are cut during the coming week.
From tomorrow, Saturday, June 1, all sheep moved both on and off a holding must be identified electronically, in accordance with the new NSIS rules.
