date:Jun 13, 2012
ny federal system.
Strain said the traceability system was tested at Dominiques Auction Stockyard in Baton Rouge, La. The system uses software and hardware from Fort Supply Technologies, a Utah and Wyoming-based company. When livestock are dropped off at the auction, an industrial hand-held computer records the eartags, backtag, brand, sex, breed, color and owner information directly into the device and uploads the information to the officials laptop computer. Numbers from a metal or electronic