CCIA wants you to start verify movement of catlle

[GDR]

I hate those dam button tags, I put them in the calves at birth when processing, when shipping calves in the fall always got a couple to replace. They think you tag a cow and it's good for life but I bet they wouldnt make 50% retention by the time a cow has put in her time. Either RIP out, break, or the hole gets to big and they pull out. Might be only $4 but still gets me pissy when I find them and no cow is attached.

Dont need anymore paperwork, electronic or manual, the downloading of labour and cost to primary producers has to stop.

[Blaithin]

I like that they're used as an example of how to find animals that are stolen or missing. "Oh well the auction will scan the tag so we'll know"

Not that I think cattle rustlers are always the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm sure even they could manage to cut a tag out.

Microchip technology could be interesting, at least then my fence wouldn't have more ID's then my herd.

[smcgrath76]

Just a couple of historic notes. A couple of the main reasons for tag choice at the time were...
Microchips were out because of fear of migration of the chip into the meat. There was also some discussion about producer training to implant and the lack of ability to rapidly/visually assess whether an animal had an ID without having a reader. This last reason also applied to some of the Rumen Bolus ID products as well.

The HF tags (bigger read range, lower cost, etc.) were not used as there was concern at the packing plant level about cross reads in close proximity on the rail. This was because the legislation made the plants responsible for "retiring" individual tags and tying them to an individual carcass (at least to the point of inspection).

This choice way back when, means that high speed group reads from a distance are not likely to happen, and moving that way means that the existing inventory and technology would have to be grandfathered/replaced/etc.

[littledoggie]

This choice way back when, means that high speed group reads from a distance are not likely to happen, and moving that way means that the existing inventory and technology would have to be grandfathered/replaced/etc.

A bureaucrats' dream come true.