Bord Bia Audit

Id imagine that would be the farmers fault if they forgot to give a receipt for something.

No just time consuming looking up the withdrawals for different medicines when you don't have the boxes or bottles to hand and trying to organise feed dockets and other remedies bought by date. In fairness there's very little to it if the records were filled in as jobs were done but a lot won't do it and I'm guilty of it myself aswell.

Hpra.ie has all the Data on all the different medicines. I find it useful

Just passed mine, a nice man arrived at 10 am and left at 1. Went through everything though. The one thing I didn't like was the use of the farm survey as a way of catching you out. The answers were right but the wording of the question are designed to catch you out. We double checked everything, but he said this will be double checked by someone in Dublin. I understand why the bord bia inspections are there but I they are more independent than most other inspections.

I passed on the day as well but some a hole checking at hq found issues with some of the prescriptions.

Didn't inform me until near expiry date but they did extend the date of 30 days.

Would feel like telling them to f o but can't sell milk without certification.

Same

Do you need to show all prescriptions for the bord bia inspection? Or will the animal record remedies book do?

Is there any additional complications if there are a lot of outfarms?

I'm thinking of getting this but will I need the signs/safety statements etc etc on everything and will they have to go around all the places?

We have a couple of yards fair distances apart , it could be some pain in the hole to be writing out safety statements etc etc for everything...I'm kind of worried about it tbh...If I could work through the process and do a bit every year that would be fine but I'm nervous there will be a whole lot of **** coming at me year one (and some of which I'll probably reverse as it will be counterproductive)...its also going to be time consuming if they go to see everything.

Would they actually drive around to see all the spots? What happens if you have an off farm job you have to prioritise ....can they call out of a weekend or evening?

Had my own one there yesterday, went fairly ok, a few bits to give attention to but happy to have it out of the way before the new suckler scheme opens up in March. There will be a fair scramble for SBLAS membership in a few weeks so its good to have it done. The new SCEP scheme pays fairly well but one has to remember that its actually replacing two different schemes as opposed to just one.

I wouldn't be so sure it will be delayed, the SBLAS requirement has been common knowledge for a good few months now. The whole process for me only took a few weeks from registering interest to inspection. It would have been even quicker only for the time of year. I agree there will be a huge rush with bord bia applications but I'm not sure there will be an extension. This isn't the same as ACRES where the farmer literally couldnt get in contact with their advisors.

I suppose it could vary by county it's only going get busier for them now though.

It was as simple as registering online, then they send you the information pack along with the farm book to fill out. You'll then be contacted by an inspector to arrange a date that suits. You also have to fill out an online survey about your farm which can be a bit time consuming but it's fairly simple to do. In fairness it's a very simple process. There's also a checklist for your inspection that comes with the welcome pack that I found to be very handy.

Also there's no suckler scheme to apply for currently as far as I'm aware. The new scheme that requires bord bia certification isn't open until March.

Is the remote audit still an option?

Only if you have covid now.

Had one last week...

Straight Forward.... Online hers, doses and withdrawls wrote in... And cats not wormed or dosed as can't get near them... They are wild but hang around as being fed daily 😂😂

I agree as I'm in BB myself but that is the view of a few neighbours that are not in it so presume there will many more like that around the country.

I think it's if you're using a cat for vermin control instead of bait points......

i do that and it’s never been mentioned. People way over think the bordbia thing.

I wouldn't worry about that anyway. Most of what they check is your shed, crush, handling facility, medical cabinet, dosing records, disinfection point, a couple of signs. If you have all that sorted you won't go too far wrong.

How far back did you have to go with your medicine book? Is it 3 years? It’s amazing how relaxed you become with the paperwork when there is nobody checking up on you.

See Bord Bia will be checking our cattle for behaviour and flightiness among other more stringent measures soon! There'll be no fun left at all - either that or stock up on the sedatives

I can milk most of my suckler cows in the field. Halfcome up for a scratch.

Put a stranger around them and some would clear the ditch.

be surprised if this is part of the audit.