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The RFID tag should be put ideally a quarter of the way out from the head and in the middle.

More cattle tags being retained

Animal Health: Tag makers continue to improve reliability of tags against harsh conditions

By Roy Lewis June 13, 2024

The national livestock identification system has been around for a good while now, close to 25 years. Through the system’s growing pains, lots of lessons have been learned and the system is being fine-tuned. Producers are deriving more and more benefit from using farm management systems linked to readers linked to scales, all based on […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15

Program costs 'unsustainable' without price increase

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 30, 2023

One of the prices producers pay for hog traceability will be going up 10 per cent. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a notice to producers Wednesday that the Canadian Pork Council will apply a 10 per cent increase to the prices of PigTrace ear tags and accessories, effective Dec. 15. Table: PigTrace ear tag […] Read more

Agrident’s AWR100 handheld RFID tag reader. (Agrident.com)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

Allflex buys RFID reader maker Agrident

By GFM Network News August 29, 2018

One of the world’s biggest livestock identification firms has expanded its share of the radio frequency ID (RFID) tag reader market with a deal to buy German manufacturer Agrident. Allflex, whose parent firm the Allflex Group rebranded in February under the name Antelliq, announced Aug. 21 it has bought Agrident for an undisclosed sum. Agrident, […] Read more

A view from a promotional video for Z Tags’ Z2 product line. Sources tell Reuters that Z Tags’ Swiss parent, Datamars, is being prepared for sale. (ZTags.com)

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Z Tags owner Datamars reportedly up for sale

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Frankfurt | Reuters — Buyout group Columna Capital is preparing its Swiss animal tagging group Datamars for a sale in a potential deal that could be worth as much as over 300 million Swiss francs (C$404 million), two people close to the deal said. The private equity investor has asked investment advisory boutique Evercore to […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Canada’s PSP buys stake in tag maker Allflex

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 10, 2016

Reuters — PSP Investments, one of Canada’s biggest pension funds, said Friday it had acquired a significant minority stake in Allflex Group, the world’s biggest maker of electronic tags for animals, from private equity firm BC Partners. The purchase was overseen by PSP’s new team in London, led by Simon Marc, and is likely to […] Read more

These overhead ultra-high frequency transponders can read tags as cattle pass by.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

New RFID tech improves livestock tag readers

New system works at greater distance and can read groups of animals

By Angela Lovell February 22, 2016

Researchers at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary have developed a new Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system using Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) tags that will make it easier and faster to track and trace cattle at every stage of their movement from the farm to the processing plant. With the new system, animals do not need to go […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Grants available to help with traceability programs

Traceability technology helps to track animals or food products from farm to consumer

By Angela Lovell October 15, 2015

Traceability is a high priority for the livestock industry in Canada, and federal and provincial governments have been working in collaboration with the industry to develop a National Agriculture and Food Traceability System, primarily focusing on livestock and poultry. Traceability, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website is the ability to follow an item or […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives RFID

More cattle tags being retained

PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15

Allflex buys RFID reader maker Agrident

Z Tags owner Datamars reportedly up for sale

Canada’s PSP buys stake in tag maker Allflex

New RFID tech improves livestock tag readers

Grants available to help with traceability programs

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