Beef Stocker USA 2008 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, $0.50/hd |
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Recommended
for 1000 Head |
Membership
fee plus an initial entry fee per animal - $200/year, $0.50/hd |
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Recommended
for >1000 Head |
Membership
fee plus an initial entry fee per animal - $200/year, $0.50/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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