Over two-thirds of calves registered online

An increasing number of farmers are ditching the traditional paper and post method.

10 April 2019

Farmers are becoming more technical which can be seen from the trend to register calves online. \ Ramona Farrelly

Over two-thirds of calves born last year were registered online through the Department of Agriculture’s Agfood.ie website and other online services.

In total, 1,573,840 calves were registered online – the highest ever figure.

The trend shows the increasing technical nature of farming, with many farmers turning away from the traditional paper and post method.

Jump

There was also a significant 80,683 jump in the number of online registrations from 2017 to 2018.

The previous year recorded just a 22,683 increase in online calf registrations.

In total, 2,339,461 calves were registered in 2018.

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