Beef Stocker USA
2008 Survey of the Animal Identification Industry Responding Company:
Destron Fearing
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:
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Destron
Fearing
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Hardware
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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NA
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PDA:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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NA
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RFID
Reader:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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RFID
Tags:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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)
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Scale
Head and Load Bar:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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NA
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Software
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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NA
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Central
Database:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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NA
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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NA
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Total
Costs:
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Recommended
for 50 Head
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Recommended
for 100 Head
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Recommended
for >250 Head
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Comments
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company:
Company
Info - Tags - Hand Held -
Stationary
- Scale Head - Software -
Data Storage - System Cost
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