There are three different tags to chose from:

• 2 side printed Allflex Maxi Dangle Tag – the herd prefix is printed on the back (female part of tag) and the 1-3 digits and year letter with Sask wheat sheaf on the front – are printed at Kane's in Edmonton
• 1 side printed Afflex Maxi Dangle Tag – the herd prefix, 3 digits & year letter with wheat sheaf all in smaller printing on the back with the front left blank for the producer to put on what he wants (animal number in larger letters, animal name, etc.)
• Sheep Tag – approx. 1" x 4" plastic tag consisting of 2 pieces (male & female ends) with the herd prefix on the back of the female tag & animal number with year letter on front of the male part of the tag. SASK AG will be printed on the back side of both the male part and on the front side of the female part of the tag, and
• Metal Tag – green metal tamperproof tag stamped with a 6 digit number preprinted on them.

You may have one and only one of these government approved tags in each animal.

Colors available for maxi & sheep tags are:

• Sheep – green, orange, pink, red, white, yellow
• Maxi – Green, orange, pink, red, white, yellow

The printing (lettering) is available in black or white, but the supplier does not recommend white, as they cannot guarantee that it will stay on the tag. If you do not state on your order, lettering will be black.

To place an order please mail or fax your order form along with payment. This way we have a hard copy of your order should there be any discrepancies. You may also arrange, if you wish, pre-payment. That is, you may want to prepay X amount of dollars, then when you place your order, the amount of the order would be deducted from your "account" and your order would be processed immediately. We would then inform you how much would be left in your "account".

1. When the order is received at the SEBA office the order is reviewed for all information needed. Then all the orders are placed onto a order form and the payment is processed.
2. At the end of the day the order is emailed to Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food where

1. if it is a replacement tag they check to verify that the tag actually exists,
2. they verify that the number of new tags being ordered for births relates with a reasonable ratio to the amount of females in their inventory,
3. the order is put on the producers inventory, and then
4. they fax the order daily to where the tags are printed in Regina.

3. The tags are printed and couriered to SEBA weekly (or immediately if SEBA requests).
4. The tags are shipped to SEBA every Thursday unless otherwise requested so the turn around time on these tags can be 3-10 days.

Metal Tags

1. When the order is received at the SEBA office the order is reviewed for all information needed. Then all the orders are placed onto a order form and the payment is processed.
2. At the end of the day the order is emailed to Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food where

1. if it is a replacement tag they check to verify that the original tag actually exists,
2. they verify that the number of new tags being ordered for births relates with a reasonable ratio to the amount of females in their inventory,
3. the order is put on the producers inventory, and the tag reports are mailed to SEBA.

3. The metal tags can be processed within a week as these tags are kept in the SEBA office.

Note: Metal Ear Tags — due to lack of supply of green metal tags by our supplier, the new metal tags are now yellow. Everything remains the same just a different color will be used. The green metal tags will be used until we run out of them and then they will be yellow. 

2 –side printed Allflex Maxi Dangle Tag & Sheep Tag

1. When the order is received at the SEBA office the order is reviewed for all information needed. Then all the orders are placed onto a order form and the payment is processed.
2. At the end of the day the order is emailed to Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food where

1. if it is a replacement tag they check to verify that the tag actually exists,
2. they verify that the number of new tags being ordered for births relates with a reasonable ratio to the amount of females in their inventory,
3. the order is put on the producers inventory, and then
4. they fax the order to Kane Veterinary in Saskatoon (as they are the regional distributor for Saskatchewan).

3. Kane Veterinary in Saskatoon then fax this order along with any other orders they have for the day to Kane Veterinary in Edmonton.
4. Kane Veterinary in Edmonton print the tags and sends shipments to Kane Veterinary in Saskatoon.
5. When Kane Veterinary in Saskatoon receives the tags our order is taken out from the rest and sent by courier to the SEBA office..
6. When the tags are received in the SEBA office they are sorted and sent out with the inventory sheet and receipt of payment. All orders are sent out the day they arrive in the SEBA office.
7. The time for orders to be processed depends on the time of year and how busy Kane Veterinary is. During the busy times of the year the processing time can be between 4 – 8 weeks but during the slower times, processing time is cut down to 2 – 4 weeks.

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