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The Value of a National ID System
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 58148" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>The $2.50-$5.00 per head cost of the tags will be the cheapest cost--The major cost will be when the entire traceback program is up and running and you need to have an area change or ownership change inspection--What will the state or federal inspector charge? Many people complain now about paying $.50 to $1.00 a head for brand inspections-- If these inspectors have to all be equipped with RFID readers the cost will be a lot more.. Or when you ship cattle out of state and part of the health inspection is the inclusion of all the cattle tag numbers on the health certificate-- How much will the vet raise his fees for that? One of the proposals in APHIS's plan is to have computerized health certificates that record the transfer immediately.......If the vet has to go out and purchase $10,000 worth of computer and RFID reading equipment to accomplish this- I'm sure his costs will go up accordingly.....Also the amount of handling in the sale barns will increase- a specific record of each calf that goes to each buyer will have to be maintained and entered into the main data base-- Will the sale barns do all this additional work without increasing their fees and commisssions? </p><p>The only thing I see that may keep a lot of this cost off the producer will be if the federal govt. puts in a large infusion of homeland security money to fund the buying of the needed equipment and the building of this infrastructure.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 58148, member: 97"] The $2.50-$5.00 per head cost of the tags will be the cheapest cost--The major cost will be when the entire traceback program is up and running and you need to have an area change or ownership change inspection--What will the state or federal inspector charge? Many people complain now about paying $.50 to $1.00 a head for brand inspections-- If these inspectors have to all be equipped with RFID readers the cost will be a lot more.. Or when you ship cattle out of state and part of the health inspection is the inclusion of all the cattle tag numbers on the health certificate-- How much will the vet raise his fees for that? One of the proposals in APHIS's plan is to have computerized health certificates that record the transfer immediately.......If the vet has to go out and purchase $10,000 worth of computer and RFID reading equipment to accomplish this- I'm sure his costs will go up accordingly.....Also the amount of handling in the sale barns will increase- a specific record of each calf that goes to each buyer will have to be maintained and entered into the main data base-- Will the sale barns do all this additional work without increasing their fees and commisssions? The only thing I see that may keep a lot of this cost off the producer will be if the federal govt. puts in a large infusion of homeland security money to fund the buying of the needed equipment and the building of this infrastructure..... [/QUOTE]
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