July 2, 2018
1xbet online games login announces Cattle Trace pilot program for disease traceability
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K-State's Beef Cattle Institute, the 1xbet online games login Department of Agriculture, 1xbet online games login Livestock Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture, andindividual producer stakeholders have partnered to create Cattle Trace, a pilot project that will develop and test a purpose-built cattle disease traceability infrastructure in 1xbet online games login .
Gov. Jeff Colyer and Secretary Jackie McClaskey joined leaders from the 1xbet online games login livestock industry June 30 at Barton County Feeders in Ellinwood to announce the project.
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1xbet online games login will guide discussion and development of traceability on a national scale. The projectwill utilize ultrahigh frequency technologies to collect the minimal data necessary, including an individual animal identification number, a GPS location, and date and time, to track animals in the event of a disease outbreak.
Brad White, director of K-State's Beef Cattle Institute, is a leader in the project.
"We know for a traceability system to be effective, it needs to be simple, fast, and affordable to make its adoption within the industry as seamless as possible," White said. "We are working to build a system to test today and one that will serve the U.S. beef cattle industry in the future."