Western Australia's government tips in another $22.2m for sheep and goat EID

WESTERN Australia’s government has committed a further $22.2 million to assist the industry transition to a mandatory sheep and goat electronic identification system by 1 January 2025. The funding will reinforce national traceability, seen as the key to a rapid and efficient biosecurity or food safety response, the McGowan Government said in a statement today. The $22.2m package will provide additional funding for the state’s tag incentive payment – a 75 cent tag discount — to assist sheep and goat producers to make the move to the new system of lifetime recording of each individual animal’s movements. The McGowan Government said the investment builds on the $3.4 million previously provided earlier this year to launch the tag incentive payment discount scheme. Already more than 400,000 blue ear tags have been distributed to WA producers. The State Government’s total investment to support the adoption of sheep and goat EID in WA now totals $25.6 million. The new funding will also ...