Beef Stocker USA 2012 Survey of the Animal
Identification Industry
Responding Company: Micro Beef Technologies, Ltd.
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: |
Micro Beef
Technologies, Ltd. |
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Hardware |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
A PC is required for CattleLog Pro or Express; most customers already have one. Computer running Windows 2000 or XP with a minimum of 512 RAM |
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PDA: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
PDA is
available if using ACCU-TRAC Mobile |
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RFID Reader: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Price depends
on manufacturer and reader model. RFID Reader price range is from
$550 to $1150 one time cost |
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RFID Tags: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
Depends on
manufacturer. Average cost - $2.00 @ 50 hd = $100.00 |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
Depends on
manufacturer. Average cost - $2.00 @ 100 hd = $200.00 |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Depends on
manufacturer. Average cost - $2.00 @ 250 hd = $500.00 |
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Scale Head and Load Bar: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
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Software |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
None,
recommend CattleLog Data Services (see below). |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
CattleLog Express – free internet download. CattleLog Pro $695 |
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Central Database: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
CattleLog Data
Services - $3.25/head @ 50 head = $162.50, one-time. Price includes
an EID tag. |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
CattleLog Data
Services - $3.25/head @ 100 head = $325, one-time. Price includes an
EID tag. |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
Data collected via CattleLog Pro or CattleLog Express - $1.25/head @ 250 head = $312.50, one-time. |
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Total Costs: |
Recommended
for 50 Head |
$3.25/head @
50 head = $162.50, one-time. Includes RFID tag |
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Recommended
for 100 Head |
$3.25/head @
100 head = $325, one-time. Includes RFID tag |
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Recommended
for >250 Head |
$1.25/head @
250 head = $312.50, one-time. Does not include RFID tag |
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Company Info - Tags - Hand Held - Stationary - Scale Head - Software - Data Storage - System Cost
