The tag company Datamars has launched the first ever app for the ordering of replacement tags.

Farmers can download the app – called ScanTag - on the App Store or Google Play.

Screenshots of Datamar's ScanTag.

Replacement tags can be ordered by scanning the barcode of the existing tag on a phone using the app.

Datamars said that new tags for calves can also be ordered via the app.

EID

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has previously stated that Electronic Identification Tagging (EID) could be coming down the line for cattle, with EID for sheep already under way.

The advent of a new tagging app could be seen as an aid to the potential unrolling of bovine EID in the future.