Beef Stocker USA 2008 Survey of the Animal Identification Industry
Responding Company: Cattlesoft, Inc.
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: |
Cattlesoft,
Inc. |
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Hardware |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Basic
computer (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Basic
computer (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Basic
computer (cost varies) |
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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 |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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RFID
Tags: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Producer's
choice (cost varies) |
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Scale
Head and Load Bar: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Tru-Test,
Gallagher or Digi-Star (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Tru-Test,
Gallagher, or Digi-Star (cost varies) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Tru-Test,
Gallagher, or Digi-Star (cost varies) |
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Software |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Small Herd (cost = $145) |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Unlimited (cost = $295) |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Unlimited (cost = $295) |
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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 |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
NA |
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Company Info - Tags - Hand Held - Stationary - Scale Head - Software - Data Storage - System Cost
