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<blockquote data-quote="moses388" data-source="post: 1839125" data-attributes="member: 27368"><p><a href="https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-health/electronic-id-moves-closer-to-new-standard" target="_blank">Beef Magazine wrote about an EID cost share program, but I guess it never came to fruition. {click here} </a></p><p>Jeanne - Simme Valley said New York provides EID to producers free of charge. Why haven't other states figured out how to do the same? </p><p></p><p>I think the reading range of HDX / FDX tags is too limited. After the USDA pilot program ended, 840 UHF tags are nonexistent. <a href="https://fort-supply.com/" target="_blank">Fort Supply Technologies</a> still offers a 999 UHF strip tag. However, <a href="https://www.icar.org/" target="_blank">ICAR</a> states 999 ids are for research and testing only. </p><p></p><p>When <a href="https://www.uscattletrace.org/" target="_blank">U.S. CattleTrace</a> began, I joined for a single year and didn't go back. CattleTrace holds a symposium each year, but what have they accomplished? </p><p></p><p>There are many issues, including manufacturing capacity. During Covid shutdowns, custom tags had a 6-month backorder. Even Canada rationed ear tags during Covid because of hoarders and limited supply. Allflex has since added capacity, but would it be enough if there's a national EID mandate for all classes of livestock? I would like to see more market share for Y-Tex, Datamars, and Caisley.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moses388, post: 1839125, member: 27368"] [URL='https://www.beefmagazine.com/cattle-health/electronic-id-moves-closer-to-new-standard']Beef Magazine wrote about an EID cost share program, but I guess it never came to fruition. {click here} [/URL] Jeanne - Simme Valley said New York provides EID to producers free of charge. Why haven't other states figured out how to do the same? I think the reading range of HDX / FDX tags is too limited. After the USDA pilot program ended, 840 UHF tags are nonexistent. [URL='https://fort-supply.com/']Fort Supply Technologies[/URL] still offers a 999 UHF strip tag. However, [URL='https://www.icar.org/']ICAR[/URL] states 999 ids are for research and testing only. When [URL='https://www.uscattletrace.org/']U.S. CattleTrace[/URL] began, I joined for a single year and didn't go back. CattleTrace holds a symposium each year, but what have they accomplished? There are many issues, including manufacturing capacity. During Covid shutdowns, custom tags had a 6-month backorder. Even Canada rationed ear tags during Covid because of hoarders and limited supply. Allflex has since added capacity, but would it be enough if there's a national EID mandate for all classes of livestock? I would like to see more market share for Y-Tex, Datamars, and Caisley. [/QUOTE]
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