per said:
Welcome sweetbasil. I have always been interested in having a chip in my cows to track where they are using GPS. It would be great to fire up the laptop and know whether they are where they are supposed to be or not.
Hello Per,
That's a great idea. RFID technologies is popular among some sectors in the industry. In your case, RFID could improve the system you might have. Since cows gets tagged already, why not use a tag that will track the cow's exact location which can reduce stress and time of tracking the cow on your own? I would think that for you, using RFID tags won't be that expensive since you are not dealing with thousands of cows. Tags for a cow could range between 50 cents to about $2. The main component is buying the actual RFID technology for you to set up the system. Wouldn't it be grand to open your laptop and click on your RFID program and track where "Lucy" might be on the pasture?
Thanks for your good wishes and contributing to my post! I look forward to learning from you!
P.S. I volunteered at my school's RFID lab, I believe it is a great technology.