Sheep
First mart to be ready for EID sheep tagging by end of month - Creed
The first mart to have the capability and facilities to read electronic identification (EID) tags on sheep and lambs will...
Sheep
The first mart to have the capability and facilities to read electronic identification (EID) tags on sheep and lambs will...
Sheep
The extension of Electronic Identification (EID) to all sheep as of June 1, 2019, provides an opportunity to marts and...
Sheep
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmer’s Association (ICSA) has warned that sheep farmers will be ‘wiped out’ if prices are...
Sheep
From tomorrow, Saturday, June 1, all sheep moved both on and off a holding must be identified electronically, in accordance with...
Sheep
As the switch to mandatory Electronic Identification (EID) tagging looms ahead of the June 1 transition date, some marts have...
Sheep
Some marts will not have the facilities for reading electronic identification (EID) tags before June 1, when it will become...
Sheep
Factories and marts must have electronic identification (EID) tag readers in place before June 1 this year, by which time...
Agri Politics
The Green Party has called for the scrapping or postponement of the Electronic Identification (EID) tagging system for sheep. It accused...
Sheep
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called for farmers to be compensated for the “failed” electronic identification...
Agri Politics
While there is a shortage of spring lamb on the cards, it’s not something that farmers need to be overly...
Sheep
A Co. Sligo sheep farmer has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed to extend...
Sheep
Compulsory Electronic Identification (EID) tagging cannot be imposed on sheep farmers at an additional cost of €2 million per annum...
Sheep
Mart managers have warned this week that the Central Point of Recording (CPR) for EID sheep tagging will not be...
Sheep
“If farmers are strong and sit tight, €6.00/kg is there to be got for store lambs,” according to one Mullingar,...
Sheep
The commencement of the first tranche of payments under the EID sheep tag subsidy scheme has been announced today (Friday,...
Sheep
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has warned that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, will have...
Sheep
Once lambs leave the farmer’s gate at the start of the food supply chain, everyone else along the chain is...
Sheep
The promised benefit of new markets opening up to Irish lamb due to the introduction of electronic identification (EID) tagging...