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Canadian company offers new tech to identify illness and minimize labour

This Calgary-based company wants to bring technology to the ranch that cuts labour and costs, while improving animal health

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Jack Behan combined his company, Alpha Phenomics, with HerdWhistle in 2023, for a clear reason. “When we put the businesses together, we only had one thing in mind, which was global domination,” he says. HerdWhistle was started in 2019 to monitor the feeding and drinking of an entire feedlot, 24/7. Using ultra high-frequency (UHF) and […] Read more
Under the new regulations, only “tag dealers” will be allowed to sell RFID tags, meaning producers won’t be able to sell their unused tags.
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Cattle sector weighs in on new traceability regulations

While some changes are seen as practical and positive, industry officials are concerned about others that could add complications and cost

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It’s 2003, and a crisis is descending on the Canadian cattle herd. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has just been found in a black Angus cow in Alberta. Chaos follows: borders slam shut and the government pledges millions in aid. The border to the United States will remain shuttered until 2005, when it opens for young […] Read more
cow with ear identification tag
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UHF tags now linkable to CCIA-approved tags

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Canadian beef producers can now link ultra-high-frequency technology (UHF) tags to tags approved by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. Once the tags are paired, scanning either tag will point to the same animal in the Canadian Livestock Tracking System database. According to Anne Brunet-Burgess, general manager at the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA), the UHF […] Read more
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency redesigns traceability app
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Canadian Cattle Identification Agency redesigns traceability app

Traceability: News Roundup from the March 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has redesigned its traceability app. The CCIA’s database, known as the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS), is accessible to livestock producers via the CLTS MOBO app. The MOBO app first launched in 2010. It is now more user-friendly than ever, “with streamlined features and intuitive design,” states a press […] Read more
Agrident’s AWR100 handheld RFID tag reader. (Agrident.com)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

Allflex buys RFID reader maker Agrident

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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
cattle in a pasture with ID tags
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

4-H Beef Club earns national award

News Roundup from the May 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Brainstorming ideas for an invention that could change the world of agriculture got members of the Abbey-Lancer 4-H Beef Club of Pennant, Sask., thinking about an easier way to apply electronic identification tags without the use of tagging pliers. In the end, they came up with not one, but two ideas to win the club […] Read more
RFID tag testing in cold weather.
Cow-Calf, News Roundup

RFID tagging best done in warm weather — PAMI

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Research at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) into why radio frequency ID (RFID) tags sometimes just won’t stay put found cold temperatures have a “profound effect” on tag strength. RFID tags certified by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) have been tested for retention under cold temperatures, readability and their ability to withstand tampering. […] Read more

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