Beef Stocker USA 2008 Survey of the Animal Identification Industry
Responding
Company: AgInfoLink
Survey Section: System Cost
The following question was posed to each company:
Your firm has just been contacted by three different producers interested in incorporating individualized animal identification using RFID in their beef cattle operation. The three different herd sizes are 50, 100, and greater than 250 head.
Please recommend EXACTLY what individual hardware (brands, models) and software components (and associated costs) each producer would need to purchase in order to employ your recommended complete RFID system.
Following is their response:
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Company: |
AgInfoLink
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Hardware |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Laptop
(Cost = $1,000 or current market price; customers may use an
existing machine that meets specs) |
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PDA: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
NA |
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RFID Reader: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Tag
Tracker (Cost = $1,295) |
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RFID Tags: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
(Cost
= $2.00 per head = $100) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
(Cost
= $2.00 per head = $200) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
(Cost
= $2.00 per head = $500) |
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Scale Head and Load Bar: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
NA |
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Software |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
CattleCard
Manual Data System ($2.00/head; no hardware or software required.
Cost = $100) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
CattleCard
Manual Data System ($2.00/head; no hardware or software required.
Cost = $200) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
$1.50
per head = $375 |
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Central Database: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
NA |
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Total Costs: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
$200 |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
$400 |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
$2,995* |
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Comments |
*Laptop
and RFID reader costs should be amortized over several years, not
charged only to the first 250 animals. |
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