About Us - How it all started

Our aim with Tag-ie was to create an easy to use hand-held electronic animal tag reader which a farmer would be able to use almost instinctively, and for a reasonable price.  Many systems we looked at were exceedingly expensive, and far too complicated for our needs.  We decided that as a software and hardware design company with some 25 years experience, we should make our own.  

We own a flock of around 100 sheep, and this new technology has revolutionised our flock management.  We used to spend many hours in the barn trying to scrape the dirt from an unwilling animal's ear tag in order to read the number, and then trying to note that number on a soggy piece of paper with a pen which had decided not to work!  Now we bring the sheep into the race, walk along the side of the race spending a couple of seconds reading each tag with the reader, treat the animal as necessary making a note on the keypad of the treatment given with a one touch button, then its back inside for a cup of tea in the warm while the reader uploads to the computer, and there we have a list of all animals seen that day, with date and time and treatment given.  We have also incorporated an easy to understand flock record book within the software which can be tailored to suit individual needs, and includes the ability to store weight, scanning and lambing data quickly and easily in the field too.

Tag-ie sheep is a registered trademark

All of our Tag-ie products are designed and manufactured in Cornwall, UK.