Broader integrated animal management portfolio will offer expanded product choices for customers worldwide. Datamars, a leader in delivering intelligent tracking, identification and animal management solutions, has announced the completion of its acquisition of a major portion of the Tru-Test business after receiving New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office clearance earlier this month. The acquisition includes the […]
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Jun
Jun
Builder Ally Baird admits to being a bit of a perfectionist and since he first got his eye on Zwartble sheep he has applied these principles to establishing his flock. Ally’s first introduction to farming was helping out with the flock run by his wife Moyra’s father near Dunblane in Perthshire. “I am a builder […]
We, at Roxan, were very sad to hear of the news of the sudden passing of Dave Scott. He and his wife Muriel ran Tagmaster in Hawick in the Scottish Borders for many years before they retired. They made many friends supplying tags and electronic reading, weighing and sorting equipment throughout mainly Scotland but all […]
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May
May
Our TagFaster tags now come in a handy resealable zip seal bag to keep your tags (or sandwiches) clean and dry!
Datamars to acquire the farm resource management and milk meter businesses of Tru-Test. Datamars SA signs conditional acquisition agreement with Auckland-based Tru-Test Group for the purchase of the largest portion of the Tru-Test business. The conditional acquisition involves the R&D, manufacturing, sales, marketing and corporate functions of Tru-Test’s Retail Solutions (primarily Electric Fence, Weighing and […]
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Apr
Apr
KILLETER, Co Tyrone dairy farmer James Hemphill returned home last May from a six-month working holiday in New Zealand with renewed confidence in the future of grass-based milk production. “Not every idea that works in NZ suits Northern Ireland, but the way in which Kiwis utilize grass to produce milk at a decent margin has […]
Datamars acquires Simcro in a deal to expand products and services & strengthen market position 4th April, 2018 – Datamars and Simcro announced today that Datamars has completed the acquisition of all shares of Simcro Limited, a New Zealand-based world leader in animal health delivery systems. The products and solutions delivered by the two companies […]
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Apr
Apr
DORSET sheep clearly delight George Robson and family of Doagh Co Antrim as they run, not only an award-winning 50 strong pedigree flock, but 550 commercial pure bred ewes. The Ballyhamage Pedigree Poll Dorset Flock was founded in 1979 when George purchased two Dorset ewes with the encouragement of his late father, George Snr. The father and son […]
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Mar
Mar
As we continue to expand and grow here at ROXAN, so do the variety of products we have to offer! The latest product to be available to order alongside your sheep tags is spray markers. Available in 8 colours, orange, blue, black, magenta, yellow, green, red & purple.
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Mar
Mar
Farms: – 800 Commercial Ewes, 60 Kerry Hills, 70 Charollais & 70 Beltex Sheep & 90 Pedigree Suckler Limousin Cattle Before he started using the Tagfaster tags Chris Price never tagged from birth – he didn’t feel he had the confidence to take any risks with the identities of his breeding sheep and their progeny. […]
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Feb
Feb
Scottish Borders livestock farmers Ian Richardson and his father David have gradually been building up numbers in their specialist beef unit with a target of 500 suckler cows. They farm 1,650 acres at Upper Samieston, near Jedburgh where they run 440 suckler cows alongside almost 1,000 breeding sheep and 250 arable acres which they manage […]