More than 91 per cent of all cattle movements, births and deaths were reported electronically in February, the highest ever figure.
"Every month more and more farmers are switching to electronic reporting. The CTS website and self service phone line are convenient, trusted and time saving and allow cattle keepers to report transactions 24-7" said Justin Chamberlain, RPA's Customer Director.
"Farmers are increasingly doing more of their business online and I would encourage them to also make their Single Payment Scheme applications electronically. More than 42,000 people have already found out how quick and easy it is to use and ultimately it will save you more time to spend on your business."
The latest figures from the Rural Payments Agency's British Cattle Movement Service equate to 1.27 million transactions being made electronically out of a February total of more than 1.38 million.
The Rural Payments Agency’s British Cattle Movement Service is the specialised cattle tracing organisation for Great Britain.
Its functions are to maintain a register of births, deaths and imports of cattle to be used for animal health and subsidy control purposes; issue cattle passports and record where individual cattle are.
BCMS manages 20 million cattle transactions every year, broken down into three million births, three million deaths and 14 million movements. The self service phone line and online services are available 24 – 7.
Other farm software packages are also available which allow farmers to record electronically rather than sending paper forms through the post.
