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Green party calls for EID to be ‘postponed or scrapped’

April 15, 2019

The Green Party has called for the scrapping or postponement of the Electronic Identification (EID) tagging system for sheep. It accused the Department of Agriculture,…

ICSA calls for compensation for ‘failed’ EID project

April 9, 2019

Sheep

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called for farmers to be compensated for the “failed” electronic identification (EID) tagging project.…

‘Spring lamb will not be as plentiful this Easter as it would usually be’

April 3, 2019

Agri Politics

While there is a shortage of spring lamb on the cards, it’s not something that farmers need to be overly concerned about, the…

Minister called on to ‘spare a thought for hill farmers’

March 5, 2019

Sheep

A Co. Sligo sheep farmer has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed to extend single electronic tagging…

Factories to be allowed ‘off the hook’ with EID infrastructure

March 4, 2019

Sheep

Compulsory Electronic Identification (EID) tagging cannot be imposed on sheep farmers at an additional cost of €2 million per annum if marts and…

EID sheep tagging ‘isn’t going to happen’ mart managers warn

March 1, 2019

Sheep

Mart managers have warned this week that the Central Point of Recording (CPR) for EID sheep tagging will not be implemented by June…

Sheep trade: ‘There isn’t as many lambs out there as other years’

February 15, 2019

Sheep

“If farmers are strong and sit tight, €6.00/kg is there to be got for store lambs,” according to one Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, sheep…

Once-off EID sheep tag payments worth €365,000 commence

February 1, 2019

Sheep

The commencement of the first tranche of payments under the EID sheep tag subsidy scheme has been announced today (Friday, February 1) by…

IFA warns that Creed must deal with ‘unfair’ EID costs

October 30, 2018

Sheep

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has warned that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, will have to tackle the…

Farmer frustration: ‘Everyone else along the line is protected’

September 13, 2018

Sheep

Once lambs leave the farmer’s gate at the start of the food supply chain, everyone else along the chain is protected financially, Irish…

EID tagging: New markets are a ‘pie in the sky suggestion’

September 13, 2018

Sheep

The promised benefit of new markets opening up to Irish lamb due to the introduction of electronic identification (EID) tagging has been dismissed…

Creed called upon to heed EID sheep tagging proposal

August 28, 2018

Sheep

The mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all sheep could be incorporated into the Sheep Welfare Scheme, according to Sinn Fein’s agriculture spokesperson…

Jump in lamb slaughter tag orders following EID ‘clarification’

August 10, 2018

Sheep

Orders for lamb slaughter tags have jumped by over 40% since farmers received “clarification” on the mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all…

EID: Marts call out department on ‘discriminatory’ measures

August 8, 2018

Sheep

The introduction of new measures for sheep electronic identification (EID) tagging has sparked an angry reaction from the Irish marts representative body. Irish…

‘Some sense’ prevails regarding mandatory EID tagging of all sheep

August 7, 2018

Sheep

Revisions to the planned mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all sheep has meant that “some sense” has prevailed, according to the Irish…

Revisions announced for mandatory extension of EID tagging to all sheep

August 7, 2018

Sheep

It has been confirmed that a number of revisions have been made to the mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) to all sheep. Earlier…

Farm leaders demand more official dialogue on EID rules

July 18, 2018

Sheep

Sheep farmers continue to hold “deep concerns” over the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s apparent “lack of meaningful consultation” on the incoming mandatory extension…

‘Only a matter of time’ before bovine EID tagging is the norm

July 16, 2018

Beef

It is likely to be “only a matter of time” before bovine electronic identification (EID) tagging is the norm, according to Minister for…

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