Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has completed almost 4,000 IDR inspections so far this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has carried out almost 700 identification and registration (IDR) inspections so far this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) restricted 455 herds in 2024 due to serious tagging, registration and movement breaches.
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture (DAERA) extended the switchover date when ‘UK’ prefix livestock tags can no longer be used to June 30, 2025.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) restricted 325 herds this year due to serious identification, registration and movement non-compliances.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed that 44 herds remain restricted for tagging and registration breaches in 2023.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued almost 100 compliance notices due to tagging and registration breaches.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed that almost 1,000 farmers were given penalties for tagging and registration breaches in 2022.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) issued compliance notices restricting 39 herds for serious livestock tagging and registration breaches.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) issued 13 notices restricting herds for livestock identification and registration (IDR) non-compliances.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said no fixed payment notices have been given to farmers for tagging and registration breaches this year
Beef
There has been another step forward for the genotyping of calves as a stakeholder meeting took...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has commenced farm inspections this week in relation to correct tagging.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said farmers will be given 28 days to pay a €250 fixed payment notice in cases of tagging breaches.
Over €1.7 million has been paid out to around 58,000 farmers under year one of the Bovine...
Following the announcement by Minister McConalogue of a subsidy scheme for EID tagging, a farm organisation has said farmers are "not fooled".
Beef News
Acknowledging the provision of the €4.25 million scheme for Bovine EID tagging, the IFA said the agriculture minister needs to go further.
The animal identification and traceability enforcement mechanism used by the Department of...
Sheep
There is "no logic" to new rules regarding the compulsory use of EID tagging on all sheep, according to the ICMSA's Denis Carroll.
The Department of Agriculture has finalised the official standards for the new cattle tag supplier approval system.
Key details have emerged of the Department of Agriculture's new cattle tag supplier approval system, which is currently being developed.
Full EID sheep tagging must deliver for farmers, according to the Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association.
The Department of Agriculture last week published a the multi-million euro tender for an official supplier of cattle tags.
