Dept to redesign AgFood and want your input.

Base price

I see the Dept are redesigning AgFood. Most of us use it fairly frequently and I'm sure like the rest of ye it needed an overhaul. I can't understand why you cannot access certain pages on a phone.

You can only access the survey via the Dept's twitter page which in itself is a pain in the ass for those who don't have a twitter account which IMO demonstrates the Dept's lack of understanding and care about their clientele.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/department-seeking-feedback-for-agfood-redesign/

https://x.com/agriculture_ie/status/1798263495437562273

EDIT to add direct link to EU Survey -

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/agfood-survey

Jb1989

You get a text message about correspondence on agfood.

You go to agfood and can't find it.

Agfood needs a notification tab

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122223552#Comment_122223552

Also on the side menu there is Tabs for items long obsoleted

farmertipp

why do you have to keep resetting your password on agfood?

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224518#Comment_122224518

In fairness I've never had to reset my password on agfood and I've been using it since it came online.

whelan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224518#Comment_122224518

Haven't Reset mine in a few years. When I had a senior moment and forgot pac while trying to do a movement

Silverdream

Password setup is not good. Entering a Pin then your password as if its some form of two factor authentication which it isn't. Then it has a reset button for feck knows why other than you can't log in with your proper id and password because you entered something wrong on the previous attempt.

Too many old links remain too.

The TAMS section is obfuscate and complicated so that you need to pay someone to decrypt it for you.

The herd section only shows 10 rows at a time (I think) and doesn't remember if you set it to display more rows at a time or how you want them ordered.

Registering calves, for some dumb reason your bull tag number never displays so you endup having to go to the icbf website to get the number because getting the number in agfood means loosing alll the data that you filled into the form.

Ah and the worst of all, entering agfood.agriculture.gov.ie in the web browser address bar brings you to a denied/forbiddden page so you end up having to google search the agfood log in to get a link to the log in page

visatorro

Haven't used it in years. Use herdwatch for everything.

whelan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224927#Comment_122224927

Can you do your sfp on herdwatch ?

alps

If farming in a Company, you need 2 different logins. I can never make out the difference and can never find the correct login page for each type.

Then woth one of them, if you haven't logged in with over a month, you're locked out and you have to ring Dublin for a new password...its muck.

farmertipp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225154#Comment_122225154

that's exactly what I meant. what's the reason I don't know. I don't have to change log in for bank account and that's more important. makes no sense

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224684#Comment_122224684

Once you enter the bull’s tag number or AI code once you can save it for future use

Lime Tree Farm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225216#Comment_122225216

That hasn't been my experience with ticking the save option on 2 stock bulls and AI on maiden heifers. Most annoying.

Jb1989

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225470#Comment_122225470

Same. Might save it to end off session but definitely not there the next time I log in

massey 265

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225154#Comment_122225154

Didnt know that you become locked out if not using ag food for a month,rhat must be reason i cant log on at the sometimes.

tractorporn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225584#Comment_122225584

There are two version of Agfood one is for individual log ins and the other for agents, ie Companies, advisors and Department staff. The password for the agent login needs a different password every 6 weeks and will lock you out after a period of inactivity I'm not sure how long it is tho.

Agfood needs to look more like herdwatch and less like it was designed by someone who had never met a farmer before.

green daries

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122224518#Comment_122224518

Your in a company so ..........😁🤣

It's extremely annoying 😑 😒

Silverdream

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225216#Comment_122225216

only works for that session, if you go out of the site then you loose it

blue5000

It needs a search feature as well. The timed log out is a pain in the arse.
I spent a good hour last night looking for a mutilation derogation application form to dehorn/castrate calves. The calves could be 6 months old before I’d ever find it.
10 animals per page on the herd profile is ridiculous, even icbf lets you scroll down through the herd on one page.
Font size could be bigger too, the average age of a farmer these days is around 60, most of us need glasses. I have never tried logging on to agfood with the phone, if I did I would need a full bottle of whiskey to sedate me, as it is a generous glass usually does me for the laptop.
Registering calves might be easier if you could upload a photo of the tag?

whelan2

The menu at the start is very long too

alps

Even the questionnaire!!

How do you answer the above?

Jb1989

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227120#Comment_122227120

I fairness you can have all cattle on the list when on phone login. See entry selection in middle of mine. Pick 10. 15. 25. Or all.

visatorro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225136#Comment_122225136

Consultant does it

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227150#Comment_122227150

I clicked yes to that question and I reckon there are several other people who also help out local farmers using Agfood be it birth notifications etc. I register calves for a few local farmers on their Agfood account but I don't get involved in their SFP/BISS etc applications. They pay their Ag consultant to do that.

alps

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227325#Comment_122227325

I kept seeing 2 questions in that, that I couldn't put 1 answer to...

Lime Tree Farm

I don't have a problem registering calves on it, the calf number is shown, enter the last 4 digits of the cow tag, pity the last 4 digits for the stock bull doesn't bring up his tag number too. I only noticed lately that the stock bulls have a LM code number, maybe that would suffice instead of keying in full tag number.

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227516#Comment_122227516

I only have the one stock bull and all I do is key in the first three digits of his tag number ie - 372…. The full tag number automatically shows up and I click on it to accept. Now having said that it could be something to do with the way my laptop is configured?

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122227815#Comment_122227815

same for me with AI codes

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122228481#Comment_122228481

Actually now that you mention AI codes - I register calves for a local dairy farmer and once a AI code is input it will show again. Having said that you have to be very careful in selecting the correct code/bull from the list.

Say my name

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122228744#Comment_122228744

It's trying to get bulls on the list and off the list is the problem. An angus is on the list from a few years ago and I can't get a Lim bull on the list for this years calves. I've to type in the lim bulls full tag number and then tick the save sire details or whatever that box is and then it'll work for that session registering calves. But if a montbeliarde calf comes in among the lims then I've the type in the full tag number again for the next lim calf.

alps

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122229190#Comment_122229190

Could you have your monties born on Monday and your Angus in Tuesday and then your Limousin on Wednesday? (They hold longer anyway..)