Using RFID in the cattle industry is far from a new idea. Texas Instruments, one of the largest manufacturers of RFID transponders, got into the RFID business after being asked to develop a chip ...

While short-range LF RFID is used to track cattle and other livestock in feedlots throughout much of the world, ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID systems can provide more detailed views into the ...

Cattle can be tracked as easily as jeans in a Walmart Cow being scanned by RFID reader. Some researchers are using pedometers to track cattle movements, while others are using GPS. USDA researcher ...

There's also the issue of tag retention. "I've talked to many people who have used these RFID tags and their cows have lost 50 percent after five years," Ken Fox, a South Dakota cow farmer and ...

From the data received by RFID tags, Chitale Dairy performs mineral mapping and blood profiling. Monitoring the data allows Chitale Dairy to increase milk production by more than 5 liters per ...

Technology stands ready to automate the process. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on cattle ears can maintain reams of data about an animal's existence, including its breeding ...

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has selected Allflex and the Destron Fearing Corp. division of Digital Angel in St. Paul, Minn., as the suppliers of RFID tags for use on cattle in ...

Though the metal clip tags have served a valuable purpose in disease control and eradication programs, RFID devices provide state animal health officials and the cattle industries increased ...

Source: Denise Derrer – Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) Electronic identification in the form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags continues to be the standard for identifying ...

Somark Innovations Announces Successful Live Animal Tests of Biocompatible Chipless RFID Ink in Cattle and Laboratory Rats 01/23/07 Somark is proud to announce the successful testing of Biocompatible ...

In the context of livestock, a quick scan of an RFID tag can pull up information like a cow's date of birth, weight, vaccine records, ownership history, what farms it has been to, and what ...