Recent content by jrmckee

The attitude of the USA on everything is "if it ain't broke don't fix it, we will fix it when it breaks, no matter what the cost" or " We've been doing fine without it for years why do we need to change now". This latest BSE case will add fuel to the fire of PETA and VEGGIE's to persuade...

Branding would be the ideal ID because location of origin is the most important. The best individual animal more fail prove EID will be the boluses or minitransponder. Even if using brands, this will have to be made mandatory for it to work. The only people I know who brands is the larger...

BSE has become a serious issue. When the USA loses all exports and the local consumers began to stop buying locally grown beef and all of or consumable beef is imported, then a $2.50 RFID tag plus mandatory ID will seem cheap. There is virtually no way to trace back animals as it is now. ...

The next time the bull gets in the pasture, load him on the trailer and carry him to the sale. If anything is ever said, if the bull does not have any identification where the owner can legally prove it was his bull than there is nothing he can do about it. With a 1/4 mile between pasture the...

The one good thing about sicklebar mowers is the variety of gaurds and knives available for different situations. Such as rock guards, which is stronger and will go under and scoop up rocks to keep them away from knifes. Hope and pray that fire ants never move up to the northern areas because...

Here in the south where fire ant hills, rock, limbs, mud, clay and you name it might prevail in a hay field, the disc mower is the only way to go. Sicklebars are basically a thing of the past, but in other regions sicklebars are an excellent choice. It basically depends on the individual's...

Ear tags are not going to work with a National ID system. They fade, get lost, or get so dirty that they become unreadable. I thought that was why branding and tattooing was invented because they cannot be lost or changed. the only sure devise that is going to work will be the rumen bolus...

This is a response to many of the topics concerning the NCBA, their supplying ID tags, and a record system. First, I think NCBA has had it's nose stuck up the government's butt so long that that is all it can smell. NCBA thinks more of themselves than of the producers they are suppose to...

Livestock management has gone to the web. Cattle have been sold over the internet through online auctions for several years now, but the latest trend is simply a listing much like a classified advertisement that allows the owner to retain control over prices, terms and conditions. With...