The second company to be approved by the Department of Agriculture to supply tags under the new regime, is offering free replacement tags for the one-year duration of the initial contract.
Galway-based company Cormac Tagging is pricing the standard one conventional and one tissue tag set at €2.68 – including VAT and the 38c contribution to the ICBF.
The company says its tissue tags have a loss rate of under 1% over the first year. A free applicator is also included in every order over 50 tags.
Cormac Tagging announced on Thursday that its full range of Caisley cattle tags, including conventional, tissue, electronic and replacements, had been approved.
Last week, Mullinahone Co-op’s Euro Tags was the first company to be approved by the department under the new regime. Euro Tags stated that there would now be an increase in its tag prices for the first time since 2012.
Stand over
“ICSA is delighted to see that a company is prepared to stand over its tags by replacing, free of charge, worn tags that it has supplied,” ICSA president Patrick Kent commented on Friday.
He added that free replacements would put pressure on all tag manufacturers to improve the durability of tags.
“It is up to farmers to determine through experience which is the most reliable and durable tag, given that it is the farmer who will pay the penalty for tag loss. The closed shop that has operated has been indefensible and answers are required from all who supported it,” Kent said.
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The second company to be approved by the Department of Agriculture to supply tags under the new regime, is offering free replacement tags for the one-year duration of the initial contract.
Galway-based company Cormac Tagging is pricing the standard one conventional and one tissue tag set at €2.68 – including VAT and the 38c contribution to the ICBF.
The company says its tissue tags have a loss rate of under 1% over the first year. A free applicator is also included in every order over 50 tags.
Cormac Tagging announced on Thursday that its full range of Caisley cattle tags, including conventional, tissue, electronic and replacements, had been approved.
Last week, Mullinahone Co-op’s Euro Tags was the first company to be approved by the department under the new regime. Euro Tags stated that there would now be an increase in its tag prices for the first time since 2012.
Stand over
“ICSA is delighted to see that a company is prepared to stand over its tags by replacing, free of charge, worn tags that it has supplied,” ICSA president Patrick Kent commented on Friday.
He added that free replacements would put pressure on all tag manufacturers to improve the durability of tags.
“It is up to farmers to determine through experience which is the most reliable and durable tag, given that it is the farmer who will pay the penalty for tag loss. The closed shop that has operated has been indefensible and answers are required from all who supported it,” Kent said.
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