Surprise for herdowners who found their cattle were ‘trade suspended’ at marts

Recent cases where herd owners presented cattle for sale at marts only to find their cattle are ‘trade suspended’ by the Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) System have been highlighted by mart co-ops.

The farmer may not yet have been directly informed by the Department of Agriculture that their cattle were ‘trade suspended’, said ICOS National Marts Executive Ray Doyle.

He outlined occurrences of this problem to Department representatives recently.