We’ve been here in our new Bendigo base since 2012 but Shearwell have been supplying farmers in Australia with NLIS ear tags since 2011 and with other ear tags and equipment for even longer.

Shearwell and animal identification go back a long way. Impressed by an aluminum sheep tag while he was shearing sheep in Norway, Richard Webber (Director of Shearwell Data) bought the machine that made them. Shearwell then began its own production of PAT aluminum sheep tags.

Next came a thermal printing machine to print plastic cattle, sheep and pig tags followed by a laser machine for permanent printing. Shearwell then began to develop handling systems and software based around electronic identification.

Today Shearwell is one of the leaders in the field of Data Capture and Data Transfer in the livestock industry. Electronic identification increases both traceability and profitability through improved and more efficient livestock management. And to address the increased consumer and regulatory demand for traceability, Shearwell has been pioneering Electronic Identification around the world.