ear tags

Been the course of discussion yesterday. If jabbing a ewe post lambing with more "extensive" assistance delving around inside, what routine do folks use? I tend to go one Alamycin LA , one jab of Metacam. Other guy said 3 AB jabs, 2-3 days apart. One Metcam.

Long story, but simple question.. when a cow looses half of her ear tag , does it need to be replaced ? I sent lots of animals to the abattoir with just one side of a tag left , but they did have a tag in each ear.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Scottish government has launched a consultation on proposals to modernise how the country’s cattle are tagged, identified and traced. Cattle farmers and businesses are encouraged to give their views on plans to fit all new-born cattle with...

After some advice as a novice sheep owner and learning fast! I have been given 4 adult sheep - 2 x ewes 2 x whethers and also have 2 x 6 wk old lambs. I need such a small number of ear tags - all the DEFRA approved ear tag suppliers to print herd number but the minimum number is over 100 and...

Have to say it says an awful amount about our professions stoic demeanour as many people would be on anti depressants and in therapy in other trades faced with what has been thrown at us in the last 18 months. It is a constant diet of bad news, changing rules and options on top of unrelenting...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The establishment of a new regional board in Northern Ireland has been announced by the Moredun Foundation, a leading farming animal charity. Chair of the Northern Ireland Moredun Foundation Regional Board, Dr. Simon Doherty said: He added that this...

Got a demo unit here just now. Any current users on here and what's your thoughts on the system? Pros/cons of collars against eartags or bolus. Never had any system before.

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland recently announced that the prefix code on Northern Ireland livestock identification tags (ear tags) is set to change from ‘UK’ to ‘XI’ this year. In response to...

Just thought I'd share with you all the privilege I've had with dear old red tractor. So as most of you know I've been due a spot inspection. I try and keep my personal life off of here but for the purpose of this I'll share a bit, my partner of nearly 6 years was blue-lighted to hospital on...

I think the time has come to try and move forward with our sheep to try and improve our recording have been looking online and see the Agri dent apr600 with TGM software look best to suit our needs but with absolutely no experience of these things any advice is appreciated! What we want to be...

I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...

Ear tags :mad:etc . but this time drench gun bottes why cant they have a standard neck thread size theres 3 pr 4 different bottles types by different makers ..... why cant they be standardised size :mad: in real life it faffing around wasting time setting up different caps on pipes which has to...

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread

Hello Everyone! I'm excited to share with you all about a solution, designed to revolutionize the way we manage livestock: the BioCV system. This technology, particularly developed for sows and beef cattle, aims to enhance both transparency and efficiency within the livestock industry. What is...

How often should these be changed for new ones? I had a cow put her leg through one last night, she's sliced her ankle down to the bone so unfortunately has had to be pts. There's no-one in our area anymore who does emergency slaughter so that option was out the window. The drain itself is...

Has anybody noticed the quality of shearwell ear tags being a lot poorer. I been using 1000 of there tags over the last 25 years but recently i never lost so many tags even they have admitted they’ve been having problems with cattle tags . Always going to lose a few that life but not so many...

Hello, We are Five Electrical and Electronic Masters students at Queens University Belfast, developing a wearable device for sheep called EweAlert. This device utilizes advanced sensors to monitor key physiological metrics like body temperature, ECG, movement patterns, and contractions in ewes...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/compliance/independence-of-red-tractor-review-under-threat So both AHDB and NFU have promised independent reviews into Red Tractor to dampen the flames caused by the farmer outrage over Greener Farm commitment plans It's easy to promise such things but HOW do you...

Have been mineral bolusing my cattle for about the last 5 years and thinking there must be a better way that my current battle. Has anyone got any good tips for streamlining this as can be slow when I have to halter individuals who thrash their head about. Keep feeling I'm close to getting...

As above our current team will finish at the end of this season. It’s a mixed bunch of retained calves and they’ve done us well. We bought in 2 Hereford’s last year which have been decent but not many calves born to them. historically we’ve carried on serving even with bulls in as semen is...