Sheep Tag Colours Wa

Identification of sheep and goats is required by law under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013 [BAM(IMSA)] Regulations. Sheep and Goats in Western Australia must have an NLIS tag or device bearing the brand or PIC of the owner. Earmarking of sheep and goats in WA is optional.

If you choose to earmark, sheep and goats. Identifying sheep correctly maintains the traceability and biosecurity of WA's sheep flock and supports our live sheep export trade, valued at $188 million annually. On the property of birth, identify sheep with an NLIS year.

Visual tag use by accredited veterinarians to identify bulls. The Trichomoniasis year is defined as September 1 and runs through August 31, so application of the appropriate tag color will change each year on September 1. WA intends on continuing with the year of birth colour system for electronic tags, as well as tagging for sex with tags in specific ears (left - male, right - female).

Earmarking will still be optional. The NLIS (National Livestock Identification System) standard for RFID (radio frequency identification) allows for year of birth colours to be used and DPIRD will legislate the requirement. If.

Mobble's sheep tag colour selector from their livestock farm management software. The year of birth colour system has eight colours (black, white, orange, light green, purple, yellow, red, sky blue). Each colour is connected to a year on a rolling cycle, starting with the colour black and ending with sky blue.

EID Sheep Tag WA 2026 Orange Min 50 Tags. Price is adjusted to recognise rebate (if any) or levy (if any) paid or levied by State govt. to the manufacturer.

EID Applicator Req'd. The year of birth colour system has eight colours. Each colour designates a year on a rolling cycle starting with black and ending with sky blue, returning to black.

Pink is used for post-breeder tags to show that sheep have been brought onto the property, usually from a different owner. Table 1: NLIS sheep/goat year of birth colours. Self piercing, tag cannot fall out.

Heat resistant and ultra violet light stabilised. Applicators The tag can be applied with the 3 in 1 Applicator $0.85 per tag (WA Subsidy Special) Please note: Multipin Tags are available in strips of 10 only. Please ensure your order quantity is to the nearest multiple of 10.

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Under the Tag Incentive Payment (TIP) scheme, Western Australian sheep and goat producers will continue to have access to discounted, accredited, eIDs throughout 2026. From 1st January 2026 a $0.60 cent discount per eID tag applies to accredited ORANGE eID tags until 31 December 2026. The discount on White breeder.

The NLIS Sheep & Goats standards for visual and RFID tags detail minimum mandatory specifications for accredited devices supplied to producers. Devices may be a one.