September 14, 2006
Brisk Sales of RFID Livestock Tags
RFID tags used to track livestock in the US and Canada already have YTD (year-to-date) 2006 sales that exceed total sales for 2005. [via Agriculture Online] Part of this is likely due to mandates for tracking sick animals. A number of US states have also successfully used RFID to recover stolen cattle, and others are forcing the conversion from metallic or plastic ear tags over to RFID. Finally, there is also an initiative called NAIS (National Animal Identification System), which takes effect in 2009. NAIS would essentially allow the tracking of livestock, including recording details of birth and stopover locations before a butchery.
These measures are also spawning innovations in livestock tags, including TekVet's, which has a temperature sensor to help easily identify sick animals. Future plans include GPS tracking of animals.
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