Livestock & Animal Husbandry
Livestock Identification & Movement
One workflow. Routed automatically to the right national system.
A keeper whose animals cross the England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland border must interact with several separate national systems, each with its own identifiers, timescales and interfaces. This module presents one movement workflow and routes the notification to the correct national system automatically — the single clearest example of what a four-nation platform can do that no single-nation incumbent can.
- 12 capabilities
- 3 linked schemes
- Flagship module
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 3
- Linked support schemes
- 7
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in livestock ID & movement in the UK
The Livestock Information Service is replacing the Cattle Tracing System for cattle in England, with the switch and bovine electronic identification rescheduled to mid-2027; the service has been live for sheep since March 2022. Scotland operates ScotEID, Wales EIDCymru and Northern Ireland NIFAIS. Cross-border movements consequently require the keeper to know which system governs which leg of the journey.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Livestock ID & movement, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Livestock ID & Movement — a walkthrough
A working pass through livestock ID & movement: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Livestock ID & Movement does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Unified movement workflow covering on, off, internal and cross-border movements
- Automatic routing to the correct national system by holding and species
- County Parish Holding number and holding identifier management across nations
Operate and monitor
- Individual animal identification with tag, EID and passport records
- Batch movement handling for sheep with individual recording where required
- Movement licence requirements checked against current disease control zones
Comply and evidence
- Standstill period calculation and enforcement with clear release dates
- Holding register maintenance in the statutorily required format
- Bovine electronic identification readiness for the mid-2027 transition
Analyse and improve
- Movement document generation and retention
- Reconciliation against the national system with discrepancy resolution
- Inspection preparation pack with a complete movement history
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Movement wizard that asks only the questions your route actually requires
Movement wizard that asks only the questions your route actually requires
WizardStandstill calculator showing the exact date movement is permitted again
Standstill calculator showing the exact date movement is permitted again
CalculatorDisease control zone map overlaid on your holdings
Disease control zone map overlaid on your holdings
MapReconciliation dashboard flagging discrepancies against the national system
Reconciliation dashboard flagging discrepancies against the national system
DashboardCross-border route checker showing which system governs each leg
Cross-border route checker showing which system governs each leg
WizardEnd to end
How Livestock ID & Movement runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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Identify the animals and the destination
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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Check disease zone and licence requirements
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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Confirm standstill status
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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Generate movement documentation
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Move and record
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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Route the notification to the correct national system
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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Reconcile confirmation
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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Update the holding register
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Border farmer
Land and stock in England and Wales
Needs one workflow instead of two portals and two sets of rules.
Livestock haulier
Multi-farm collections
Needs movement documents and licences correct before loading.
Market operator
Auction mart
Needs movements reported accurately and promptly for every lot.
Animal health inspector
Traceability inspection
Needs a complete, reconciled holding register.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Livestock Information Service
Provide multi-species livestock traceability for England.
Livestock Information Ltd Northern IrelandFarm Sustainability Payment
Provide an area-based safety-net payment to Northern Ireland farm businesses with sustainability conditionality.
DAERA EnglandSustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Pay farmers for environmental actions taken alongside food production, as the principal replacement for area-based direct payments in England.
Defra / Rural Payments AgencyRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Movements reported within the statutory window
- 02Reconciliation discrepancies
- 03Standstill breaches prevented
- 04Holding register completeness
- 05Cross-border movements handled without error
Traceability
The chain behind one batch
Livestock traceability is statutory, the reporting window is short, and it runs through a different national system in each nation. The record is assembled as the animal moves rather than reconstructed at audit.
BATCH-71C8FE
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Born on holding
- Who
- Holding of birth
- Evidence
- Ear tag applied and registered
- Held in
- British Cattle Movement Service
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Health intervention
- Who
- Veterinary practice
- Evidence
- Medicine record with withdrawal period
- Held in
- Medicine book
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Moved
- Who
- Haulier
- Evidence
- Statutory movement report within the reporting window
- Held in
- British Cattle Movement Service
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Received
- Who
- Destination holding
- Evidence
- Arrival recorded, standstill applied
- Held in
- Holding register
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Slaughtered
- Who
- Approved abattoir
- Evidence
- Kill sheet, classification and food chain information
- Held in
- FSA
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Sold
- Who
- Buyer
- Evidence
- Batch linked to the carcase and the holding of origin
- Held in
- Platform record
Take the record with you
Obligation calendar
What livestock ID & movement asks of you, and when
Windows, deadlines and recurring obligations for England. Set a different nation and the calendar reconfigures; farm across a border and it shows both, reconciled.
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January 1 entry
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3 January: Check disease zone and licence requirements
A recurring step in livestock ID & movement.
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February 2 entries
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24 February: Generate movement documentation
A recurring step in livestock ID & movement.
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25 February: Livestock Information Service
Continuous statutory reporting obligations.
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March 1 entry
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16 March: Farm Sustainability Payment
Application from early March with a deadline in mid-May.
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May 1 entry
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7 May: Identify the animals and the destination
A recurring step in livestock ID & movement.
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June 3 entries
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5 June: Farming Transformation Fund
Round-based by theme.
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15 June: Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Two windows in 2026: window one from 30 June, window two from September.
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23 June: Confirm standstill status
A recurring step in livestock ID & movement.
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July 2 entries
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14 July: Slurry Infrastructure Grant
Round-based.
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17 July: Water Management Grant
Round-based.
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October 1 entry
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5 October: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
Round-based, usually open for a defined application period.
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November 2 entries
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12 November: Improving Farm Productivity Grant
Round-based.
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27 November: Environmental Land Management Capital Grants
Round-based, with rapid allocation once open.
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December 1 entry
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26 December: Countryside Stewardship
Rolling and round-based depending on the tier and option group.
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Questions answered
What people ask about Livestock ID & Movement
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Livestock ID & Movement is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
National system transition timing. Mitigated by building to the developer interfaces and tracking the change. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
One Movement Workflow Across Four National Systems
The practical handbook for livestock ID & movement: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
livestock ID & movement — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
livestock ID & movement — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for livestock ID & movement, for advisers and software partners.
See Livestock ID & Movement running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours