Agri Politics
A herd number can allow more than one person to have an interest in the herd, according to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.
Agri-Business
Herd number applications have a major impact on schemes farmers are in - and as such, planning in advance is essential, according to Teagasc.
Some 2,891 new herd numbers were registered to date in 2019, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has confirmed.
Beef
It currently takes approximately three weeks to process new herd number applications, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, said.
Applications for new herd numbers jumped by over 30% last year, according to figures released by the Department of Agriculture
Rural Life
Herd or flock numbers were first introduced by the Department of Agriculture to allow for the easy identification of both cattle herds and sheep flocks.
The Department received over 8,000 applications for new herd numbers in 2015; the vast majority were bovine, equine and ovine.
Other
Somewhat of a backlog in the processing of herd number applications has been reported.
