A cattle tracking system is being built in
Kansas to monitor livestock shipments in the state. The experiment is part of an $11.6 million plan from the U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture to test cattle identification strategies in 29 states. The project, created by Osborne
Industries, Digital Angel Corp., and researchers at Kansas State University, hopes to keep track of individual cows as
the are moved through the state. Livestock trucks and processing sites will be equipped with readers that will
track cows individually with GPS location, serial number, and a timestamp. As cattle are loaded on and off the
trucks, the system identifies cattle and uploads the tracking information via cellular connection back to a central
database.
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