Beef Stocker USA 2009 Survey of the Animal Identification Industry
Responding Company: Beef Concepts 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: |
Beef Concepts
Inc. |
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Hardware |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Web browser,
i.e. Internet Explorer 4.0 or better |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Web browser,
i.e. Internet Explorer 4.0 or better |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Web browser,
i.e. Internet Explorer 4.0 or better |
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PDA: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
NA |
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RFID Reader: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Lease/do not
need - $2.00 |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Purchase Psion
- $2.66 |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Purchase Psion
- $1.66 |
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RFID Tags: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Bovitrak Tag -
$2.25 |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Bovitrak Tag -
$2.00 |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Bovitrak Tag -
$1.85 |
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Scale Head and Load Bar: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
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Software |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Use Microsoft
Excel |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Use Microsoft
Excel |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Use Microsoft
Excel |
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Central Database: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Membership fee
plus an initial entry fee per animal - $200/year, $1.00/hd |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Membership fee
plus an initial entry fee per animal - $200/year, $1.00/hd |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Membership fee
plus an initial entry fee per animal - $200/year, $1.00/hd |
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Total Costs: |
Recommended
for 500 Head |
Price depends
on Psion purchase - 3.55 -5.55/hd |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Price depends
on Psion purchase - 2.77 - 5.44/hd |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Price depends
on Psion purchase - $2.52 - $4.19/hd |
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Company Info - Tags - Hand Held - Stationary - Scale Head - Software - Data Storage - System Cost
