what are the advantages of agfood.ie

Conchurl

hi i see alot of member here talking about how they use agfood.ie, but what are the advantages of it over filling in the forms and sending them in, im thinking of suggesting it to my father as i heard it makes registering calves easier but what else can you do with it and would you recommend it. he has a small suckler herd with about 14-15 cows and a bull and has around 10-12 calves every year so would it make much of a difference to farming on such a small scale.

simx

Conchurl wrote: »

hi i see alot of member here talking about how they use agfood.ie, but what are the advantages of it over filling in the forms and sending them in, im thinking of suggesting it to my father as i heard it makes registering calves easier but what else can you do with it and would you recommend it. he has a small suckler herd with about 14-15 cows and a bull and has around 10-12 calves every year so would it make much of a difference to farming on such a small scale.

you can look up movements in and out and make movements if the transferee is on agfood aswell, register calves which is very handy, look up your herd, print it off, also you can register your herd online and all movement willl be recorded autmatically

49801

its just more convenient than chasing forms etc.
its nearly mistake proof aswell so you don't get those annoying letters from the dept because a signature or something silly is missing.

just be careful if your father is not computer literate and you have to start doing it for him!

Conchurl

49801 wrote: »

its just more convenient than chasing forms etc.
its nearly mistake proof aswell so you don't get those annoying letters from the dept because a signature or something silly is missing.

just be careful if your father is not computer literate and you have to start doing it for him!

he doesnt know how to work the computer but i live at home so will have no problem doing it for him if he decides that he wants to give it a go

49801

Conchurl wrote: »

he doesnt know how to work the computer but i live at home so will have no problem doing it for him if he decides that he wants to give it a go

stop thinking about it then and get signed up... its very easy!!!

blue5000

ld recommend signing up for it, only disadvantage is you are doing a lot of the donkey work for the dept by loading up registrary details of a calf yourself.

dharn

It is really useful, you can check stock numbers for any date, movements in and out and apply for single farm payment on line if no changes occurred from previous year ,no disadvantages

delaval

NO NEED TO UPDATE BLUEBOOK

InchicoreDude

With the new tagging system requiring you to send in part of the tag, some of the advantages of registering calves on there is gone.

When the suckler scheme came in, you got €2 euro extra per calf if registered online. alas, that is gone now.

Viewtodiefor

delaval wrote: »

NO NEED TO UPDATE BLUEBOOK

One of the biggest advantages!

hurling_lad

Biggest advantage for me (apart from ditching the Blue book) is that when you are registering a calf, you only need to enter the dam's 4-digit tag number and her whole tag is automatically filled in. This makes the process quicker than filling in the full tag in the paper form but also, crucially, makes it very difficult to make a mistake with the full tag number. There is similar error-checking done on the stock bull's tag.

Figerty

hurling_lad wrote: »

Biggest advantage for me (apart from ditching the Blue book) is that when you are registering a calf, you only need to enter the dam's 4-digit tag number and her whole tag is automatically filled in. This makes the process quicker than filling in the full tag in the paper form but also, crucially, makes it very difficult to make a mistake with the full tag number. There is similar error-checking done on the stock bull's tag.

It's Very useful for looking at a cows past calving history.click on the cows number and you get a list of offspring.

If you also use the ICBf website, you can also look at the sire history for cows. This is very useful when using ai to ensure you don't inbreed by using the same bull on a cow as she was bred from.

bbam

delaval wrote: »

NO NEED TO UPDATE BLUEBOOK

Still needed for medicines isn't it?

But yes reducing the use of the book is good news.

nhg

bbam wrote: »

Still needed for medicines isn't it?

But yes reducing the use of the book is good news.

If you are using the Bord Bia medicine recording book I don't think you need to keep the Blue Book for medicines either.

Timmaay

Figerty wrote: »

It's Very useful for looking at a cows past calving history.click on the cows number and you get a list of offspring.

Hmm didn't know that, on Icbf you get good ancestry details, but nothing showing offspring details!

49801

Timmaay wrote: »

Hmm didn't know that, on Icbf you get good ancestry details, but nothing showing offspring details!

suckler cow report does that!!!;)

Conchurl

signed uo yesterday any idea how long the code in the post takes to come it says 10 working days but i was hoping they were just saying that and it would take 3-4 days, how long did it take for yer code to come

Conchurl

how long does it take for the newly registered calves to appear in your herd online?

tanko

Conchurl wrote: »

how long does it take for the newly registered calves to appear in your herd online?

A few days usually.

Conchurl

tanko wrote: »

A few days usually.

ok thank you and can you tell me why it didnt ask me for the tag number of sire only the breed. we only have one bull

whelan1

Conchurl wrote: »

ok thank you and can you tell me why it didnt ask me for the tag number of sire only the breed. we only have one bull

it does ask you for the tag of the sire, well it does on mine, have his tag number saved on it

Conchurl

whelan1 wrote: »

it does ask you for the tag of the sire, well it does on mine, have his tag number saved on it

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/agfoodiehelpvideos/aimcalfregistrationandcompliance/

i filled in like they did in the video and didnt bother filling the form down the bottom only the top form like they did and it only asked for breed and not number is it because we only have one bull?

whelan1

Conchurl wrote: »

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/agfoodiehelpvideos/aimcalfregistrationandcompliance/

i filled in like they did in the video and didnt bother filling the form down the bottom only the top form like they did and it only asked for breed and not number is it because we only have one bull?

i do my dads herd on agfood - mine on ifc- he has 1 stockbull, it has his number saved, this is entered on all calves, is it entered on yours?

Conchurl

whelan1 wrote: »

i do my dads herd on agfood - mine on ifc- he has 1 stockbull, it has his number saved, this is entered on all calves, is it entered on yours?

how can i check is it saved?

whelan1

on page 2 before you confirm the birth reg it should be on it

Conchurl

whelan1 wrote: »

on page 2 before you confirm the birth reg it should be on it

Didnt see it but I will give them a ring on Monday to see if I done it right

sh1tstirrer

49801 wrote: »

its just more convenient than chasing forms etc.
its nearly mistake proof aswell so you don't get those annoying letters from the dept because a signature or something silly is missing.

just be careful if your father is not computer literate and you have to start doing it for him!

I have been using it since 2005 but I still register calves using ICBF form as I only had calves this year and last year. The last batch I sent away they made up some fictitious number for one of the dams and as I have the copy I can see that I wrote the correct number :mad: I must ring them Monday and tell them have another look at the form I sent in so they can see their mistake

delaval wrote: »

NO NEED TO UPDATE BLUEBOOK

I just use it for movements does that mean that I don't need to update the blue book? What if a department man requests the bluebook during a herd test?

bob charles

anyone finding Agfood getting seriously slow if loading the herd profile. getting ridiculous

whelan1

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I have been using it since 2005 but I still register calves using ICBF form as I only had calves this year and last year. The last batch I sent away they made up some fictitious number for one of the dams and as I have the copy I can see that I wrote the correct number :mad: I must ring them Monday and tell them have another look at the form I sent in so they can see their mistake

I just use it for movements does that mean that I don't need to update the blue book? What if a department man requests the bluebook during a herd test?

sure all movements are on agfood, once i mentioned agfood tothe inspector the other day that was 100% the only thing he wanted to see was that the withdrawal dates where right on the drugs i was using

farmernewbie

Hi All,

I just signed up to this. I will be buying about 20 yearlings now and selling in November. Seems like a handy system if I can scrap the fathers blue book. I remember before when we dosed we had to write it in the blue book? I don't see an option for this online. Anyone know what we have to do for dosing etc now when using online?

49801

farmernewbie wrote: »

Hi All,

I just signed up to this. I will be buying about 20 yearlings now and selling in November. Seems like a handy system if I can scrap the fathers blue book. I remember before when we dosed we had to write it in the blue book? I don't see an option for this online. Anyone know what we have to do for dosing etc now when using online?

You are still required to record remedies. If you are bord bia approved you can just use the book they provide else continue with blue book. This feature is not on agfood currently.

dzer2

Dont forget to dose the dog.

Timmaay

Quick question here about agfood, chap bought two calves off the farm the other day, I'm doing the movement permit via agfood, it has an option to move to a holding, or a feedlot, I assume the holding is another farm which I want in this case, whats a feedlot?

whelan1

Timmaay wrote: »

Quick question here about agfood, chap bought two calves off the farm the other day, I'm doing the movement permit via agfood, it has an option to move to a holding, or a feedlot, I assume the holding is another farm which I want in this case, whats a feedlot?

yes do the holding option... you should have done the permit before he got the calves by right... think a feedlot is like for band b

dzer2

Timmaay wrote: »

Quick question here about agfood, chap bought two calves off the farm the other day, I'm doing the movement permit via agfood, it has an option to move to a holding, or a feedlot, I assume the holding is another farm which I want in this case, whats a feedlot?

Put in the herd number and if you select the feedlot option if its not a feed lot the farmers name will not appear. You should really do it before you sell as the farmer could be locked up and not allowed to buy.

Timmaay

Thanks for that, and sorry I wasn't clear, its a neighbour and he only looked at them and did the deal the other day, picking them up tomorrow.

InchicoreDude

Timmaay wrote: »

Thanks for that, and sorry I wasn't clear, its a neighbour and he only looked at them and did the deal the other day, picking them up tomorrow.

Geez, you get away with nothing in here!