From July 1, 2022, it will be a legal requirement on herd keepers to officially identify all newborn calves with...
February 3, 2022
Spring calving for 2022 is just around the corner on dairy and suckler farms across Ireland. And, with the new...
January 17, 2022
Following the announcement last week by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue of a subsidy scheme to...
November 8, 2021
Acknowledging the provision of the €4.25 million subvention scheme announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie...
The Irish government is to be congratulated for taking the decision to push ahead with the mandatory electronic (EID) tagging...
August 12, 2021
Farmers “must be provided with adequate funding” to deal with the introduction of compulsory bovine electronic identification (EID) tagging from...
August 11, 2021
The cost of implementing mandatory electronic identification (EID) for cattle should be borne “by those who benefit from it”, one...
August 9, 2021
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling for the requirement for the tagging of newborn lambs to...
February 25, 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently involved in preliminary work on the scope of introducing mandatory...
August 6, 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking into the possibility of bringing in compulsory electronic identification (EID)...
July 17, 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved four further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
January 17, 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has approved 16 further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
November 30, 2019
Approximately €2.13 million will be paid to sheep farmers under the Sheep Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme based on...
October 11, 2019
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved two further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
Today, Monday, September 30, marks the closing date for the Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme, the Department of Agriculture,...
September 30, 2019
The introduction of electronic tagging from June 1, 2019, means that any sheep leaving the farm from this date is...
July 27, 2019
The first mart to have the capability and facilities to read electronic identification (EID) tags on sheep and lambs will...
June 11, 2019
The extension of Electronic Identification (EID) to all sheep as of June 1, 2019, provides an opportunity to marts and...
June 4, 2019
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