Electronic tagging in cattle 'long overdue', says UK farming unions

NFU Cymru livestock board chair Rob Lewis said: "We need a robust, future proof and cost-effective system that can be totally aligned with a modernised cattle database"

Rachael Brown
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Livestock chairs from all farming unions
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Livestock chairs from all farming unions

UK farming unions have agreed there are 'real potential benefits' of introducing bovine Electronic Identification (bEID), and said its introduction was 'long overdue'. At a meeting with the UK farming...

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