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Since January 2005, AgriData Ltd have been involved in the data processing element of the Beef Quality Assurance Scheme run by Bord Bia.

THE FILLET OF FILLET...IRISH QUALITY ASSURED BEEF

This scheme aims to encourage farmers to become quality assured, and undergo an annual farm inpection. Upon accreditation, farmers receive a credit card showing their approval to the scheme.

Cattle Farmers in Ireland produce beef under one of the the most stringent and regulated regimes in the world, where full traceability from birth to slaughter are enforced and where animal remedies, feed and animal welfare are all routinely inspected by the Department of Agriculture and Food.

It therefore makes absolute sense to capitalize on all this regulation by taking a few small extra steps to become Quality Assured and at least derive some tangible benefits from being so regulated.

The key benefits of the scheme are listed below, but for more thorough information, please visit the Bord Bia website.

	Firstly, there is NO charge for BQAS Inpections In 2006 the Department of Agriculture and Food provided funding to support the cost of 14,000 farm inpsections under the Beef Quality Assurance Scheme. Farmers should immediately avail of this opportunity to become a member of the Beef Quality Assurance Scheme.
	Securing Long Term Quality markets for Irish Beef through Quality Assurance Only by achieving the very highest standards in beef production will Irelands farmers be able to compete effectively on the world market. Customers are becoming more quality aware and more demanding when it comes to food and food ingredients.
	Quality Assured Farming ensures that consumers are protected. By participating in the Beef Quality Assurance Scheme, a farmer demonstrates that his farming standards are counted among the highest in the industry. This promotes good customer experience and shows that Irish Quality Assured Beef is the best of the best.
	Quality Assured Farming ensures that farmers are protected. Cheap, poor quality food serves nobodys interest and a race to the bottom is easily won. Farmers will only ever guarantee their long term viable future by producing the highest quality produce in the most open and transparent manner. Consumers will pay more and generally repeat business for quality produce.

What’s New
	Apr/01/2010 New 2010 V15.4.01 version: Added new cattle sale report. Added SYMBOL Scanner functions to Cattle Export system. Fixed bug in Cattle purchases screen. Added extra screen to Exports system. Added Facility to transmit Stillborn Calf and Compliance Cert Request in the EREG file; This is an important update for the coming calving season! Modified Animal Remedies section to all retrospective dosing. Improved dialogs and data entry. Added facility to take account of any derogations in Nitrates Directive Screen. Fixed adding a new bull from a list feature: New 2009 ICBF Bull list. New Archive system for large herds. Allows downloads of all movement data from marts, both purchases and sales. Added additional import for AIBP factory killsheets. Brand new Nitrates Directive reports and screens. More Info >>>
	Jan/01/2010 AgriData Ltd is now an approved training centre for Driver CPC Periodic Training More Info >>>

	Feb /02/2009 We have a new page of downloads for all forms relating to your farming. Most of these forms are in PDF format. We also have included a link to the e-services page on the Dept of Agriculture and Food website for your convenience. More Info >>>
	Mar /07/2006 AgriData Ltd awarded the data processing contract for the Bord Bia Beef Quality Assurance Scheme. More Info >>>
	Jun/11/2007 Now you can update your herd register by simply receiving an email from your local mart (Some marts may not provide the file however). This will save hours of time for farmers involved in cattle selling and buying cattle.