Beef Stocker USA 2010 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 USA
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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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