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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 622441" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I'm not sure why the USDA would try to implement a traceback if it didn't go beyond the feedlot? I guess they need to go back to the drawing board if they can't do it properly.</p><p>Here is how it is supposed to work in Alberta: Calf is tagged with an individual RFID tag(hopefully soon after birth) and his age is recorded and sent into the data bank. At every sale barn scanners read the RFID tag and record the transaction to the feedlot. The feedlots record all incoming cattle. At the packing house he is scanned again when he goes in the cooler. Anywhere along the life of that calf where there is a problem the authorities have a traceback to where he has been. There will be a record of his pen mates, his siblings, his mother, his herd mates. All instantly available with the touch of a key on a computer. The authorities will instantly know the life history of each individual calf. This allows for a rapid response.</p><p>When you talk about a US traceback that has worked for a century I assume you are referring to brands? Unfortunately tracing back with brands can be incredibly slow and sometimes not very accurate? Not everyone brands...in fact a lot of states don't even have a brand law? And consider this: We all know the times are a changin? We need to be percieved as taking care of our animals and not abusing them? Branding doesn't sound very nice. Burning a mark on an animal...don't think PETA would think that was a real humane practice, do you? If you took a bunch of school kids out to watch cattle being branded...what would they think? I bet they would be horrified!</p><p>Now I'm not knocking branding...I'm just saying that I suspect in the not too distant future it could become a big no-no? Isn't it already banned in Europe?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 622441, member: 8978"] I'm not sure why the USDA would try to implement a traceback if it didn't go beyond the feedlot? I guess they need to go back to the drawing board if they can't do it properly. Here is how it is supposed to work in Alberta: Calf is tagged with an individual RFID tag(hopefully soon after birth) and his age is recorded and sent into the data bank. At every sale barn scanners read the RFID tag and record the transaction to the feedlot. The feedlots record all incoming cattle. At the packing house he is scanned again when he goes in the cooler. Anywhere along the life of that calf where there is a problem the authorities have a traceback to where he has been. There will be a record of his pen mates, his siblings, his mother, his herd mates. All instantly available with the touch of a key on a computer. The authorities will instantly know the life history of each individual calf. This allows for a rapid response. When you talk about a US traceback that has worked for a century I assume you are referring to brands? Unfortunately tracing back with brands can be incredibly slow and sometimes not very accurate? Not everyone brands...in fact a lot of states don't even have a brand law? And consider this: We all know the times are a changin? We need to be percieved as taking care of our animals and not abusing them? Branding doesn't sound very nice. Burning a mark on an animal...don't think PETA would think that was a real humane practice, do you? If you took a bunch of school kids out to watch cattle being branded...what would they think? I bet they would be horrified! Now I'm not knocking branding...I'm just saying that I suspect in the not too distant future it could become a big no-no? Isn't it already banned in Europe? [/QUOTE]
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