When you have your sheep in position to shear, to slip on the new EID ear tag takes a couple of seconds. As all sheep must be shorn this means that all sheep can be easily tagged.
This leaves the question why was there so much fuss and media coverage over the new ear tags for a year before they were introduced.
Either the farm organizations were just flexing a bit of muscle or more likely they do not have a bloody clue.
If the lambs are not thriving, grass quality could be a problem? Increasing pre and post-grazing heights as the season progresses means lambs won't have to graze unpalatable grass, and helps prevent any setback in performance.
with warm, humid weather conditions and rainfall providing ideal conditions for it.
These lambs need to receive a slaughter tag (only accepted for animals going directly for slaughter to the factory) or a permanent/conventional tag in their left ear before leaving the holding.
This is basically the same as the old system, and will suffice for lambs sold in marts and factories and farm-to-farm movements.
Animals born after 1 January 2010 and retained indefinitely for breeding need to be double-tagged by nine months of age, with an EID and a permanent tag. If lambs destined for breeding are sold before nine months of age, they do not need to be double-tagged.
The farmer who purchases these lambs, with one conventional tag, has the option to upgrade to EID status if a decision is made to retain these lambs for breeding.
Lambs destined for the live export market must also receive both an EID tag and a conventional tag. But these lambs do not need to be double-tagged before being sold, as the exporter can upgrade these lambs to EID status by inserting a new set of tags and reconciling the new number to the original flock number in their flock register. Sheep born before 1 January 2010 do not need electronic tags.
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