If you want FarmOps to register your calves and manage your animal movements on-farm, you must first activate FarmOps on the Departments Animal Identification & Movement (AIM) System.
In this FAQ, we'll show you how to:
- Login to AIMS
- Activate FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider
- Disable another Farm Software Provider.
- If you are switching to FarmOps from another app, you'll have to do this.
- What happens after you activated FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider
Step 1: Login to AIMS
- Go to the AIMS website by clicking here or going to https://agfood.agriculture.gov.ie/sso-auth-ui-applicant/
- Login using your AIMS username, PAC & password. If you don't know these details, you'll need to contact the department.
- Select Animal Identification & Movements option.
- On Important GDPR page, select Continue.
You have now logged into AIMS. See Step 2 below to complete activating AIMS.
Step 2: Activate FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider
If you are already using another Farm Software Provider, you will need to disable this provider first. See details below on how to do this.
- Complete Login to AIMS as per Step 1 above.
- Choose Interact with AIMS using Farm Software Providers. If you don't see this option, check out our FAQ on activating AIMS if your herd is registered as a company here.
- Tick FSP015 - MUNSTER AI FARM SERVS GROUP from the list. Click Continue.
- Tick the Declaration. Confirm your email address and click Submit.
You have now completed activating FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider. We will contact you within 48 hours to confirm you're activation has been processed.
How to disable another Farm Software Provider
If you are already using another Farm Software Provider, eg Kingswood, you will have to disable this provider before activating FarmOps.
- Complete Login to AIMS as per Step 1 above.
- Choose Interact with AIMS using Farm Software Providers
- Tick the Farm Software Provider you want to disable from the list displayed.
- Click End Date Software Provider.
- Click Confirm
You have now disabled your existing Farm Software Provider. You will have to wait until tomorrow to activate FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider. Login to AIMS tomorrow using details in Step 1, then enable FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider using details in Step 2.
What happens after you have activated FarmOps as your Farm Software Provider
Once you have activated FarmOps, we activate AIMS on your FarmOps app. This can take up to 24 hours. We'll contact you once we have activated AIMS for you.
Once activated, you'll then need to set an AIMS PIN to start using FarmOps to register your calves and move your animals. You can see how to do this in our FAQ on your AIMS PIN here.
Helpful videos
If you need additional support completing these steps, try looking at the useful videos below:
How to sign up to a Farm Software Provider:
How to end date another Farm Software Provider: