Who is your cattle tag supplier

I haven't had any issues with Mullinahone tags with our own stock and touch wood haven't had a empty BVD sample - I've probably cursed myself now!

We buy in and feed dairy cull cows and they were a torture a few years ago with tags falling out mostly at the feed barrier. I spent too much time ordering replacement tags but it seems to have changed about and we have very few nowdays.

Mullinahone. Never had an empty. Only using 15 sets a year.

moved from mullinahone to Cormac about 5-6 years ago. Cormac far better.

I have the home herd with Mullinahone and OH has hers with Cormac. What I like about Cormac is that you have one tagger that does the whole lot. At the moment with button tags for SCEP from Mullinahone I have 3 different tags to apply to each calf and that is 3 different tagger set-ups. That will drop to 2 soon enough but is still one too many. Will be switching to Cormac as soon as I have my stockpile used up too I think.

There seems to be an improvement over the last few years with the quality of Mullinahone and I don't seem to be getting as many lost tags as previously. There are still too many pros for Cormac IMO though

One tagger does all

Sample tags much simpler as the bottle is attached

No waste, tags come in a strip of 4 with perforations between them, Mullinahone are all clipped into those little plastic carriers that they inevitably fall out of and are an extra waste and need to be disposed of.

Quicker turnaround times from order to delivery

mullinahone had a serious problem with lost tags one year, after press publicity they sent replacement foc, I had maybe 25 tags left over 'till the next and no way would they replace them eventhough they knew they were the same batch

often waited 6 weeks for delivery after paying, switched to cormac and different world , even the staff on the phone lines are pleasant and helpful

I ordered 3 replacement tags at breakfast time this morning, these were free and I just had to pay postage. They were dispatched this evening

You get free replacement tags with Mullinahone, not sure if there's an age limit on them. 2 of these were born last August and the other was a tag I broke while tagging a few weeks ago

Gave up on Mullinahone after 10% empty last year. Rang up to complain and the usual comments of "are you using the right tag with the right back". After 10 plus years tagging that's hard to listen to. Went to Cormac and just 1 empty sample this year

mullinahone since plastic tags started.

No issues at all. When a tag is lost and re ordered, I get replacements quick.

only issue is invoices but that could be me

Had completely forgotten some of the details of using the Mullinahone tags.

Cormac much more efficient system. Sample is done with no fiddly bottles needed. They've improved how the tags come in the box too. Used be in a bag and needed to be careful taking them out to keep in order. Now lined up in the box ready to use. Cardboard box the only waste. Could throw it under calves when empty. That cannot be said of the other lot.

THe red and blue tubes are alot better

It's the phone service they really have to improve, it's terrible.

Rode their luck?!

Rode every farmer in Ireland that had to replace their substandard tags more like.

Cormac here.