Disease Traceability & Value-Added Data Pilot Program
Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA) is launching a Disease Traceability & Value-Added Data Pilot. This industry-driven, individual identification program will facilitate disease traceability, provide opportunities for value-added premiums negotiated by business-to-business (B2B) partnerships throughout the cattle/beef supply chain and operate at the speed of commerce. The pilot project:
• Is voluntary and industry directed, rather than government directed.
• Keeps data confidential, except for sharing movement events of an individual animal upon request by a state veterinarian and only in the event of an animal disease outbreak.
• Captures animal movement along the supply chain to aid in disease traceability.
• Provides 840 and 900 series EID tags to producers at no cost or at a discounted price, depending on supply.
• Offers stockers and cow/calf producers a $5 per head incentive from feedyards if specified information on animal health treatments and practices are provided.
• Allows potential for additional financial incentives between each segment of the beef/cattle supply chain through sharing or buying value-added data through B2B agreements.
The pilot project has been designed by leaders of TCFA with consultation by the Kentucky Beef Network, Florida Cattlemen’s Association, Texas Animal Health Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, IMI Global, Allflex, Datamars, Fort Supply and Y-Tex.
Kentucky Beef Network is actively pursuing cow/calf producers, stocker operators, auction markets and feedyards operators interested in participating in the pilot program. Please let us know if you have tagged or will be tagging cattle at your pasture operation or feedyard that you would like to enroll in the pilot. For more information about the pilot program or to become a participant, call the KBN office or contact Becky Thompson at 859-278-0899 or [email protected].
• Is voluntary and industry directed, rather than government directed.
• Keeps data confidential, except for sharing movement events of an individual animal upon request by a state veterinarian and only in the event of an animal disease outbreak.
• Captures animal movement along the supply chain to aid in disease traceability.
• Provides 840 and 900 series EID tags to producers at no cost or at a discounted price, depending on supply.
• Offers stockers and cow/calf producers a $5 per head incentive from feedyards if specified information on animal health treatments and practices are provided.
• Allows potential for additional financial incentives between each segment of the beef/cattle supply chain through sharing or buying value-added data through B2B agreements.
The pilot project has been designed by leaders of TCFA with consultation by the Kentucky Beef Network, Florida Cattlemen’s Association, Texas Animal Health Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, IMI Global, Allflex, Datamars, Fort Supply and Y-Tex.
Kentucky Beef Network is actively pursuing cow/calf producers, stocker operators, auction markets and feedyards operators interested in participating in the pilot program. Please let us know if you have tagged or will be tagging cattle at your pasture operation or feedyard that you would like to enroll in the pilot. For more information about the pilot program or to become a participant, call the KBN office or contact Becky Thompson at 859-278-0899 or [email protected].
