Beef Stocker USA 2009 Survey of the Animal Identification Industry
Responding Company: Agrident GmbH
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: |
Agrident GmbH
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Hardware |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Any PC or laptop
will do the job for our hardware |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Any PC or laptop will do the job for our hardware |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Any PC or laptop
will do the job for our hardware |
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PDA: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Various options, misc. wedge software included in package |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Various options, misc. wedge software included in package |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Various options, misc. wedge software included in package |
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RFID Reader: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Dependent on reader selected |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Dependent on reader selected |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Dependent on reader selected |
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RFID Tags: |
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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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 |
NA |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
NA |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
NA |
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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 |
TBD |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
TBD |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
TBD |
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Company Info - Tags - Hand Held - Stationary - Scale Head - Software - Data Storage - System Cost
