Agri-Business
MMI demands larger grant for cattle EID facilities at marts
Mart Managers of Ireland (MMI) has called on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to “dramatically increase”...
EID tagging
Agri-Business
DAFM to consider ending requirement for 'blue cards'
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is considering what role, if any, that cattle passports, known by...
Agri-Business
Livestock management company runs competition to help with EID tagging
From July 1, 2022, it will be a legal requirement on herd keepers to officially identify all newborn calves with...
Beef
New rules for tagging calves - here's all you need to know
Spring calving for 2022 is just around the corner on dairy and suckler farms across Ireland. And, with the new...
Beef
EID cattle tagging: Farmers 'not fooled' by subsidy scheme
Following the announcement last week by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue of a subsidy scheme to...
Beef News
Call for full cost of EID tagging to be covered
Acknowledging the provision of the €4.25 million subvention scheme announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie...
Opinion
Opinion: EID tagging of cattle is the future, north and south of the border
The Irish government is to be congratulated for taking the decision to push ahead with the mandatory electronic (EID) tagging...
Agri Politics
Compulsory bovine EID 'adds €2.5m in direct costs...for tags alone'
Farmers “must be provided with adequate funding” to deal with the introduction of compulsory bovine electronic identification (EID) tagging from...
Beef
EID for cattle: Cost should be borne 'by those who benefit'
The cost of implementing mandatory electronic identification (EID) for cattle should be borne “by those who benefit from it”, one...
Sheep
Tagging newborn lambs 'a welfare issue and must change'
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling for the requirement for the tagging of newborn lambs to...
Agri Politics
Mandatory EID tagging in cattle: What would it cost?
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently involved in preliminary work on the scope of introducing mandatory...
Beef
Plans afoot in department for EID tagging for cattle
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking into the possibility of bringing in compulsory electronic identification (EID)...
Sheep
4 further marts approved to read electronic sheep tags; find out which ones...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved four further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
Sheep
16 further marts approved to read electronic sheep tags
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has approved 16 further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
Sheep
County breakdown: €2.13 million for sheep farmers under EID tagging scheme
Approximately €2.13 million will be paid to sheep farmers under the Sheep Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme based on...
Sheep
2 further marts approved to read electronic sheep tags; find out which ones...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has approved two further marts to read electronic sheep tags. All sheep...
Sheep
Closing date for Sheep EID Tag Subsidy Scheme arrives
Today, Monday, September 30, marks the closing date for the Electronic Identification (EID) Tag Subsidy Scheme, the Department of Agriculture,...
Sheep
Video: Carnaross Mart installs EID reading technology
The introduction of electronic tagging from June 1, 2019, means that any sheep leaving the farm from this date is...