UHF RFID Cattle Handling Inventory (URCHIN)

将牛推向市场的过程既复杂又昂贵。牧场主将在拍卖会上出售他的牛，这些牛将被饲养场购买。这些饲养场每年饲养多达6万头或更多的牛。他们处理的数量很大，需要大量的现金流来购买、喂养和管理，直到他们从饲养场转移到销售或出口。为了管理这一财政负担，成立了饲养场合作社。这些合作社向饲养场贷款资金，以购买和管理这些大量的牛。这些牛通过一个受监管的低频(LF)无线电标签进行跟踪。该跟踪信息不与饲养场操作员共享。当牛在系统中流动时，附在它们身上的贷款是建筑利息，资金被套牢；在贷款偿还之前，它们不能再次使用。牛离开饲养场后，合作社没有正规的方法来跟踪它们的投资。他们通常将贷款期限定为12个月，如果贷款尚未偿还，他们就会开始追踪动物和他们的钱的过程。图片加料器合作社一直与南艾伯塔省理工学院(SAIT)的创新信息技术解决方案(CIITS)中心合作，以应对这一行业范围的挑战。他们拥有一种新颖的RFID解决方案，CIITS应用研究团队将提供技术和专业知识，将这一想法带到四个PBFC成员饲养场的试点项目中。该解决方案将允许PBFC实时跟踪每只动物及其相关贷款。他们将不再要求繁忙的饲养场运营商或其他与牛互动的第三方共享动物跟踪信息。他们会有自己的跟踪系统。他们将立即知道一笔贷款何时可以偿还。这减少了饲养场支付的利息，释放了可以借给另一名成员的资金。

The process of getting cattle to market is complex and expensive. A rancher will sell his cattle at auction and they will be bought by a feedlot. These feedlots acquire up 60,000 or more cattle annually. The high volumes they work with require a large cash flow, to purchase, feed and manage until they move from the feedlot in a sale or export. To manage this financial burden feedlot cooperative have been established. These cooperatives loan feedlots funding to purchase and manage these large volumes of cattle. The cattle are tracked by a regulated Low Frequency (LF) radio tag. This tracked information is not shared with the feedlot operators. As the cattle move through the system, the loan attached to the them is building interest and the funds are tied up; they cannot be used again until the loan is retired. After the cattle leave the feedlot, the cooperative has no formal method to follow their investment. They typically set loans at 12 months and if the loan has not been retired, then they begin the process of tracking down the animals and effectively their money. Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative has been working with Southern Alberta's Institute of Technology's (SAIT) Centre for Innovative Information Technology Solutions (CIITS) to address this industry wide challenge. They have a novel RFID solution and the CIITS applied research team will provide the technology and expertise to bring this idea to a pilot project at four PBFC member feedlots. The solution will allow the PBFC to track each animal and its associated loan in real-time. They will no longer require busy feedlot operators or other third parties interacting with the cattle to share animal tracking information. They will have their own tracking. They will know immediately when a loan can be retired. This reduces the interest paid by the feedlot, freeing up the funds to be loaned to another member.