The NSW government has contributed significant funding and resources to assist sheep and goat supply chain members to familiarise themselves with what the implementation of eID means for them.
We have a team of extension staff who are regularly travelling around the state, attending events and meeting with stakeholders and sharing information about the implementation of eID in NSW. You can contact us for any support at: sheepgoateid@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Below are useful links and resources, including online and in-person training opportunities and past information sessions. To find out about any local events our team will be attending please visit our Upcoming Events page or sign up for our newsletter.
Past eID webinars
eID information session at Broken Hill
This webinar discussed:
- NSW Sheep and goat eID implementation
- Foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease
- Latest situational update and how NSW is preparing
- What a response to an outbreak would look like
- What are some of the things you can do on-farm
- Goat export and market access update
- The role eID plays in overseas market
- Proposed updates to the National Livestock Identification System database and eNVD
- How these relate to the introduction of eID
For recordings of these sessions, please email our team at sheepgoateid@dpi.nsw.gov.au.
NSW Sheep & Goat Webinar series, November 2022
Catch up on the presentation made by DPI's Dougal Gordon with an introduction to mandatory sheep and goat eID's in NSW.
Dougal is the chair of the NSW eID Sheep and Goat Reference Group.
NSW and ISC webinar of NLIS, LPA, NVD and eID explained
Outlining the latest information on Australia’s red meat integrity systems including Livestock Production Assurance (LPA), the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) and electronic National Vendor Declarations (eNVDs).
Topics included:
- Meeting the seven LPA requirements to ensure you maintain market access
- An update on electronic NVDs, the new mobile app and the NLIS
- Sheep & goat eID and what it means for you
- Sheep producer Jenny Bradley on the experiences, challenges and benefits of implementing eID
- Biosecurity
eID in Saleyards Online Q&A - March 2024
NSW DPI invited agents from Victoria to share their experiences with NSW agents and to answer questions about the logistics around eID use in large saleyards over video call. Ballarat saleyard is the largest saleyard in Victoria where eID has been mandatory for sheep and goats since 2017. See below the recording of that session or watch on YouTube.
Online training from NSW Government
The NSW Sheep and Farmed Goat eID equipment purchasing guide for producers
This guide has been developed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries to help sheep and farmed goat producers to understand National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) requirements and the potential need for eID equipment such as readers and auto drafters.
Sheep and Farmed Goat eID equipment purchasing guide for producers
Face to face training from NSW Government
We will continue to update this page as more resources and training opportunities become available. See the Upcoming Events for presentations directly from the Sheep and Goat Traceability team to see where we are headed next.
General eID and NLIS Resources
What is the NLIS system
Local Land Services (LLS) have developed a video guide that provides an overview of the complete NLIS system, how it works, and what components contribute to NSWs traceability system.
The ISC has also developed a video guide that provides a more national lens over Australia’s NLIS traceability system as a whole.
NLIS for Sheep and Goats in NSW
The NSW DPI have a range of resources for Sheep and Goat owners relating to NLIS and NSW Regulations.
NLIS Sheep and goats | Department of Primary Industries (nsw.gov.au)
How to complete an NLIS transfer
The Integrity Systems Company (ISC) have developed a suite of video tutorials for how to complete different types of NLIS movement records onto, or off a PIC.
How to fill in a National Vendor Declaration (NVD)
The ISC has also developed a video tutorial on how to correctly fill in a National Vendor Declaration (NVD) which is a mandatory legal document, and important to fill in correctly.
https://www.integritysystems.com.au/on-farm-assurance/national-vendor-declaration-nvd/envd-app/
Property Identification Codes
The ISC has developed a brief video tutorial on what is a Property Identification Code (PIC) and the role it plays in NLIS.