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Getting A herd number

  • 03-09-2009 12:45pm
    #1
    stagg88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭


    we've a dairy farm at home should be milking 80 only milking 55 at the min with everything thats going on from poor weather to poor milk price!! The auld boys only tipping 50 now next year and has no intention of handing over the reins to me( not sure i want them at the minute with the way things are). Anyway not to bore ye all with my life story i want to start up my own suckler herd taking a few calves every year from the auld boy and maybe pick up a few of me own along the way too. I'd like to do this under my own name with my own herd number which i realise the department dont just hand out that easy. Ive started already still using the auld boys herd number have a small plot rented with housing and a crush from a neighbour. Where do I start now to look abut the herd number


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  • #2
    stevoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭stevoman


    stagg88 wrote: »
    we've a dairy farm at home should be milking 80 only milking 55 at the min with everything thats going on from poor weather to poor milk price!! The auld boys only tipping 50 now next year and has no intention of handing over the reins to me( not sure i want them at the minute with the way things are). Anyway not to bore ye all with my life story i want to start up my own suckler herd taking a few calves every year from the auld boy and maybe pick up a few of me own along the way too. I'd like to do this under my own name with my own herd number which i realise the department dont just hand out that easy. Ive started already still using the auld boys herd number have a small plot rented with housing and a crush from a neighbour. Where do I start now to look abut the herd number
    you will have to go to your local dept of agriculture district veterinary office. they will give you a ER1 form so they will. you fill this out (its a big enough application) and then hand it back in. An AO or agricultural inspecter will then get in touch with you and will ay you a visit to make sure you have the correct things needed for the herd number, land , cattle crush etc etc. it will take about 3-4 weeks and then you will be able to buy in stock. it not really all that big of a job to be honest and once you have the criteria the department will give you your herd number then no probs.


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