Supply chain 'tag-o-war' on sheep eID adoption

CM
June 16 2022 - 6:00pm
ALL IN: Naracoorte first-cross lamb breeders Andrew and Amanda Lock see big management benefits from tagging their flock but say it would be the "wrong way to go" to mandate sheep eID in SA.
ALL IN: Naracoorte first-cross lamb breeders Andrew and Amanda Lock see big management benefits from tagging their flock but say it would be the "wrong way to go" to mandate sheep eID in SA.

Consensus along the whole supply chain will be critical to any implementation of mandatory sheep electronic identification in SA but opinions differ greatly among processors and agents, from strong support to being vehemently opposed.

CM

Catherine is Stock Journal's long time livestock editor and South East journalist.

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