“Digital Angel Corporation has received an order from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its proprietary RFID traceability system to help the US government’s ongoing effort to eradicate Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in captive cervids (deer and elk). The initial order, valued at over US$200,000, covers the purchase of the electronic tags and scanners […]

“The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun a program that uses RFID technology to track tag captive deer and elk in the U.S. By tagging individual deer and elk, the USDA will be able to research the movement of the animals and determine how they are contracting chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal […]

“If a farmer wants to count animals through a four-metre-wide gateway, two or more will be going through at once and that could result in shielding of signals or even double-counting of some tags. The situation is worse than that of trying to get all the goods on a pallet read as they enter a […]

“Pickberry Vineyards, a 30-acre, family-run business in the Sonoma Valley in northern California, is not the usual sort of customer for what multinational technology consulting firm Accenture has to offer. Pickberry was more than happy, though, to serve as a guinea pig for the innovative wireless viticulture system that Accenture associate partner Bill Westerman was […]

” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $615,000 to the state Agriculture Department for a pilot study to track cattle using radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags attached to the ear. Pennsylvania is one of 29 states participating in the 12-month study. State Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolf said the technology promises to allow animal […]

The RFID technology firm, Advanced ID Corporation, has issued a progress report on its efforts to commercialise livestock-tracking and identification technology globally, concluding that the technology has already been well received in seven countries, and that the market will continue to grow. “We are very encouraged by our progress to date as we have been […]

The location tracking and asset management company, Digital Angel Corporation, has launched its range of RFID cattle-tracking products in Canada through a distribution agreement with Compass Animal Health Inc. Highlighting its commitment to the Canadian market, Digital Angel has begun marketing its line of Destron Technologies cattle and swine electronic identification products, including RFID (radio […]

In the face of recurring animal disease epidemics, the European Union (EU) wants to ensure that its meat products meet high safety standards, and the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics has already implemented its RFID technology for animal tracking through a Spanish reference project and an Italian pilot scheme. In recent years, the repeated […]

CBC Saskatchewan “By this time next year, farmers must start using a brand new identification system aimed at tracing cattle and minimizing the risks associated with mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Cattle producers have only been using mandatory ear tags for a couple of years, but now they are being told to replace […]