Cotter Crate Demo Day in Co. Antrim

Cotter Agritech are hosting a demo day in Co. Antrim on Wednesday 9th November 2022 to showcase the following: 

* World-class flock of Easycare sheep

* How the Cotter Crate sheep handler works + labour benefits

* FBIS grants (closing 11th Nov)

* Profitability benefits from regular weighing, EID recording & good drafting facilities

* Dagging, tagging, drenching, vaccinating demo with Cotter Crate

* Targeted Selective Treatment (TST) of wormers with the Cotter Crate working with SmartWorm app to reduce wormer resistance in sheep

Why should you attend?

Healthier sheep = more profit

Learn exactly how improving your flock health through regular weighing and EID impacts your farm's productivity.

Hear from experience

Ask questions of a sheep farmer that owns a sheep handling, weighing and EID system and hear how its making life easier

Like-minded farmers

Exchange ideas with other farmers who are looking to upgrade their sheep handling facilities, farm and lifestyle.

Learn more about: 

Cotter Crate  - how does it work

Sheep Handling, Weighing & EID System

The best way to make life easy on a sheep farm is to provide excellent handling facilities to take the effort out of sheep work and reduce handling, saving you time and money. This is sheep handling as it should be, giving you the time to enjoy farming while improving your profitability and productivity. Providing the best usability, accessibility, and serviceability, all in one system.

SmartWorm - how does it work

Enables Targeted Selective Treatment (TST) of wormers

Drench resistance is common in the majority of sheep flocks in Ireland and the UK. Reducing the use of these drugs to as much as necessary but as little as possible is key to protect against the development of further resistance. SmartWorm provides the most usable technology available to  target treatment to the animals that need it in real time.  Integrated app reducing drench use by 40-50% without compromising on animal performance and welfare. 

The FBIS Scheme

Up to £2,250 of grant aid available on a Cotter Crate system

The FBIS scheme is available to registered farm businesses in Northern Ireland. It is open now and will close for applications at 4pm on 11 Nov 2022. It is designed to support farm sustainability and provides grant to purchase equipment and machinery from a pre-defined list of eligible items. The grant rate is up to 40% of eligible costs. Full details are available on the DAERA website.

Our system is eligible for the FBIS grant scheme under the 'R14' heading, providing up to £2,250 of grant aid on a Cotter Crate system. We can provide a full system to meet the 'R14' specification and this package will be on displayed and demoed at the open day. Click here to see our R14 package.