Beef Stocker USA 2010 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 |
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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Software |
Recommended for
50 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Small Herd |
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Recommended for
100 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Unlimited |
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Recommended for
>250 Head |
CattleMax
Commercial Cattle Unlimited |
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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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Comments |
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Company Info - Tags - Hand Held - Stationary - Scale Head - Software - Data Storage - System Cost
