Dairy farmer admits cattle records offences

Saturday 8th August 2009, 2:57PM BST.

Andrew Le Gallais with his herd at Roselands Farm

THE chairman of Jersey Dairy has been fined £3,000 by the Magistrate’s Court for breaches of his duty as a dairy farmer.

Andrew Le Gallais (54), who runs Roselands Farm in Rue de Beauvoir, St Saviour, was given the fines for offences relating to cattle record keeping.

He admitted before Relief Magistrate Peter Harris on 31 July offences of failing to report the birth of 88 animals within seven days, contrary to regulations. The failures to report occurred from 17 October 2006 to 27 August 2008.

He also admitted failing to complete a register of births between 14 August 2004 and 20 November 2008. Mr Le Gallais also failed to apply 14 ear tags to animals between 23 April and 7 October 2008 and failing to reapply three replacement tags during the same period.

Mr Le Gallais said that the offences related solely to administrative issues and were not matters of animal welfare.

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