Datamars Livestock UK

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Datamars Livestock UK facilitate the tagging of several million animals each year and supply the UK Agri trade from the supply, service and distribution centre in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders and Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

Three distinct product divisions exist within Datamars;

Livestock Identification (LID)

Traceability and management begins with identifying your livestock. We have a comprehensive range of tagging solutions providing high retention, reliable EID readability and visual colour identification for both Official and Non-Official tags.

Animal Health Delivery Systems (AHDS)

We understand that keeping your animals fit and healthy is of the utmost importance to you. Our oral drenchers, pour-on guns, vaccinators, injectors and intranasal delivery applicators are tried and trusted for accuracy, efficiency, ease of use and durability.

Farm Resource Management (FRM)

Time and labour-saving technology for EID reading, weighing and recording to monitor livestock growth performance, readiness for market, medicating at the correct weight, recording withholding periods and upkeep of stock movement records.

Electric fencing and a range of hand tools assists with both permanent or temporary fencing solutions holding livestock securely and efficiently on pasture and forage ground.

The Team

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Website - https://www.datamars.co.uk

 

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Our Staff at the Show Today

John Frizzell @John @ Datamars

Business Development Manager UK

John Frizzell our resident Kiwi with an extensive knowledge & practical hands- on experience with Livestock Management Systems including Livestock, Pasture & Countryside management with fencing, both permanent & Electric fencing solutions. With a passion for providing quality products that make a difference, with service & support to match.

Alison Fergus @Ali @ Datamars

Product Manager / Weighing & EID

Ali is our Product Manager/Weighing & EID specialist. Ali’s areas of expertise are data collection, ensuring you get the best from your collected weighing data, training and support, not just on the tech side but also on the practical side. If you need technical/practical help or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

 

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Looking to get started with rotational grazing to improve your grass quality, soil structure and grazing potential on their farm? Simply start off using Electric Fencing from Speedrite. All you need is an Energizer, 1 geared reel for cattle or 3 for sheep, some polywire and a few posts for strip grazing and a few more if you want to try rotational grazing, be it youngstock, older cattle or sheep. Get in touch with one of our Sales Reps to find out more!

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Reveal your real rotational pasture potential with a true measure of grass cover. Using a #TruTest plate meter, you can calculate pasture cover and DM, accurately and easily.

EC-09

Electronic Plate Meter EC-09 | Datamars UK

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EC-10

Electronic Plate Meter EC-10 | Datamars UK

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EC-20

Electronic Bluetooth® Plate Meter EC-20 | Datamars UK

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EC-20 Plate Meter equipped with Bluetooth® is accurate and robust for measuring pasture cover in grass paddocks that is straightforward to use and simple to understand. Complete with Android App for easy use and data management. The App displays covers and will download paddocks and upload covers to Agrinet and FarmIQ.

Ask @Ali @ Datamars or @John @ Datamars today to find out more!

 

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Introducing the new Speedrite A15Xi Energiser from Datamars.

Innovative technology for the professional farmer that revolutionises the way power is delivered to a fence line.

The innovative technology contained within the Speedrite A15Xi provides the power previously attained from a large energizer whilst complying with the latest European standard. The European Commission introduced amendment to restrict energisers to a maximum 15J output energy and stipulated a delay period when changing from below 5J to above 5J. This limitation to the output energy in turn limited the voltage on the fence from conventional compliant energizers and consequently the ability to reliably contain animals reduced. The A15Xi has increased the available power from a 15 Joule energiser by using innovative technology that changes the way the electric pulse is emitted from the unit. This means that the power sent out from an A15Xi at 15 Joules can produce the same power, or even more when load is applied to a fence line as a 36 Joule energiser would.

The A15Xi incorporates an IPC (Inductive Power Coupler) which is smart technology in a separate power pack that addresses the issues of power surges that can damage an energizer. Some areas around the world suffer from power surges due to lightning strikes. Datamars have designed new technology that effectively isolates the power unit, through an IPC. The IPC is important as it provides the following features:

• Integral to A15Xi’s higher output power.
• Provides isolation from the Mains to Fence and from Fence to the Mains.
• Will resist lightning strikes of up to 100 kV.
• Conventional energizers limited to 25 kV isolation.
• Protects the A15Xi from damaging surges.
• Easy to insert and remove.
• Will only provide power when connected to A15Xi.
• Indicates when a medium or heavy load is seen on the fence.

Ask @Ali @ Datamars or @John @ Datamars today to find out more!

A15Xi | Datamars UK

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Two nasties in lambs and calves-treatment for Nematodirus is commonly by oral drench and the SCOPS Nematodirus Forecast and local advice for early intervention is essential. With Coccidiosis, the effect once identified if treated, is lessened but prevention is preferred.

On pasture, oocysts can remain over winter even so if the field was contaminated the previous season pasture rotation the following year should be followed.

Our Animal Health Delivery Systems (AHDS) from Simcro and NJ Phillips include a variety of sizes of drenchers for adults and lambs. They are highly accurate, many with High Flow Valves (HFV) and dual fitting barbs so wider tubes can be used allowing quicker treatment and for thicker drenches to flow through smoothly. They also come with high-quality tubes, connectors and springs preventing kinks in pipes again increasing flow rate and preventing air bubbles. Many in the range possess Service Kits too.

Farm Resource Management (FRM) solutions from Tru-Test include EID Stick and Panel Readers so animals possessing an EID tag can have their treatment date recorded. The Tru-Test XRS2 Stick Reader has an Alerts function to identify treated animals and pre-selected animals. Weigh scale indicators with Load bars help to establish the weight of animals to be treated. The Tru-Test S3 records livestock weights onscreen or uses Bluetooth to connect to mobile devices.

Livestock Identification Systems (LID) include EID tagging solutions including TagFaster, Z for sheep and Rubba tags offering accurate tagging and reading by EID Stick Readers.

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Nematodirus and Coccidiosis risks in youngstock

Nematodirus is a particularly nasty disease in lambs, which can strike quickly causing high lamb mortalities and stunting the growth of many others. It can be seen in cattle but is less commonplace. The battus worm causes the infection which can pass from lamb to lamb and has a different...

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Get Going with Grazing

Put the stock in at about 2700 / 3000 Kg of dry matter per hectate (DM/HA) for cattle, which equates to a grass height just above your ankle in wellingtons. Take them out at about 1500 KG/HA. Then put them into the paddock that has the most grass and start again until they are ready to move. Go in at slightly lower levels for sheep so that they clean the grass up efficiently.

The rule of three’s. Rye grass grows in a three leaf cycle and you want to be grazing at 2.5 to 3 leaf stage to get optimum value, which roughly equates to the above growth stages for grazing. Recovery is key to re growth and so removal of stock at the right residuals is critical to rest the grass and the soil and that will ensure that the paddock is ready to be grazed again in three weeks’ time, which falls in line with your 24 day rotation.

Speak to our reps to find out how to utilise Electric Fencing to get more from your grass!

Ask for #Speedrite at your local merchant and Get Going with Grazing today!