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Dec 30 3:59 PM EST

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To: Alfred W. Post who wrote (37)	11/10/2004 10:12:59 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	of 49

I believe that most of the railroad and trucking companies are primarily using barcodes. I suspect that they will migrate to RFID as the costs come down. More information on RFID can be found at: Subject 54298 Some news specific to Digital Angel: RFID gets going in Canada thanks to cattle set-aside program agriculture.com A recently announced set-aside program that provides funding for Canadian farmers and ranchers to reduce the near-term surplus of animals going to processing could be a boon to the RFID (radio frequency identification) industry. The program requires all calves going to processing to have an approved electronic ear tag. It was established to address problems in the Canadian beef industry following the 2003 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) scare, which closed the border to live cattle movements. Digital Angel Corporation Monday said it has begun shipping its RFID electronic tags to Canadian farmers. In response to initial demand resulting from the set-aside program, the company says it has orders for more than 200,000 electronic tags from Compass Animal Health. Minnesota-based Digital Angel is one of four companies with Canadian Cattle Identification Approved (CCIA) electronic RFID ear tags and readers currently participating in the program. "We believe this is the start of what may develop into a substantial business for us in Canada," said Digital Angel CEO Kevin McGrath in a release. "The Canadian government has recognized that electronic tagging and RFID will be necessary for traceability of cattle in Canada." A database of Canada's 122,000 or so cattle producers, with a total cattle inventory of 14.7 million head, is already in place, Digital Angel says. 11/09/2004 08:14 a.m.CDT

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