Cattle Tags Turn Techy with RFID, GPS - How To Manage A Cow Herd
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2023
- We change tags in my cattle herd and I discuss how I manage my herd better using management software!
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How Farms Work by Ryan Kuster is a CZcams channel based in rural Potosi, Wisconsin. Our mission is to teach those who didn't grow up on a farm what the farming life is like. These videos show the Kuster family working together raising cattle and crops. We believe everyone who wants to know more about farming should be able to share the farming experience with us and we look to educate the world on many essential agriculture topics.
How Farms Work takes place on ~1,100 acres with around 75-200 cattle at any given time. Four John Deere tractors are currently used on the farm, which are a 4020, 4640, 7600, and 8235R.
After watching you run the head gate, my shoulders are aching and it brings back memories. Don’t have any trouble falling asleep after a day working cattle.
Gotta love that 21st century farming. What a great tool to have.
That herd management software is amazing and I'm glad you took the time to present it.
Great video Ryan it’s amazing to a old retired farmer how high tech farming is anymore 👍
Thank you for shouting us out, Ryan! This video is excellent. It's wonderful to see how you're using the entire 701x Cattle Management System to help make the best decisions for your operation and how the data you have will help ensure you continue to make the best possible decisions for you!
Great video Ryan. As a side note, Our Wyoming Life has their own squeeze shoot with load cells. This allows them to get another data point which is used to (a) define steer supplemental feed rate and (b) when the steers go to freezer camp. As OWL says, you can never have too much data.
Looks like it went pretty smooth. Be interesting to see how the tags hold up
Great update and overall relief to check cattle being in pastures anytime along with knowing where to find them. Good luck with pg tests and healthy calves.
Surge had tags for dairy cattle tracking but wow has the technology improved. Any where in the field is amazing and a hell of a management tool.
Really cool high tech for cows
Thank you for showing this technology you are using on your farm!
I don't farm at all but I think it's important to know how things are done and the cost to associate that with how much food is in the store.
Great explanation of how it all works for your operation. Very professional and straight to the point. Thanks for another great video.
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Hi, ya, folks. Another entertaining and educational video from the people @ How Farms Work. Keep up the good work, and stay safe out there.
Nice video Ryan and you explained it well.
He did a really great job explaining our software and tag technology.
Morning Ryan and Anna
Great video man keep up the good work 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Awesome video Ryan!
Great information, should help with records and make it easier to keep track of the cattle.
Herd management 101. Interesting video.
thank you
Good content. 👍
Good stuff Ryan
Great work Everybody, hopefully this makes the job a little bit easier👌👍🙏🙂
That's our goal! Make the lives of cattle raisers a little easier!
That was interesting👍 your herd looks good😉👍
Keep up the good work Ryan no shame in trying to get organized better I seen comments from another person that acts like they know it all (not saying they do or don't) but however a small time operation has to start somewhere no one is perfect in a day it's the baby steps leading up to it. Your not managing a high end huge cattle lot maybe one day if that's what you are going for but I grew up on a small farm and it takes patients and time to grow its the record-keeping that helps build the future you don't know where to grow or how your profit is with poor records so good job recognizing that and trying to change it here in iowa there are not much family farms left in my area as they have sold out and moved to a Corp. Farm keep the family farms alive.
That guy does know it all... just ask him.
We would love to help sustain some of the smaller cattle operations by making tasks of their day-to-day more manageable. We've heard many of the same things that these operations are getting out of the industry. Let's change that! We are happy to see Ryan able to manage his "smaller" herd with our system of solutions!
Good stuff
Hey Ryan, Hannah and Travis, hope the new tagging system works good. Records are a must. Take care, Take it easy and Trust JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice video
awsome video ryan thumbs up and shared
Hi from oz Ryan. Out here we’ve had mandatory rfid tagging from property of birth till slaughter for about 20 years now. Look up the Australian national livestock identification scheme on google to find info on it. RFID can be used for a huge number of management records. Our family farm had permanent yards with round force to race. Dedicated weigh box with permanent scales under it then a crush. Tag reader attached to weigh box grad tag as animal entered and weighed straight to computer. We could put through over 100 steers per hour just weighing and drafting for sale. Yards could hold over 300 steers plus 2 holding yards for hundreds more. We ran over 500 cows and traded another 4 to 5 hundred steers per year. We were a lot harder on our cows than you. Heifers got 7 weeks joining and cows had to be dedectable by 7 months from birth or else gone even if the bull was the problem. Better of selling them and buying new ones tested in calf.
Hey Ryan Until today I never knew you could put a GPS system Or a RFID Chip on a cow.
17:51 I’m not sure why, but you give me Mr. Bean vibes here with just your looks.
Cool 😎
Great video Ryan 👍🏾 FS feeds sell propane an propane accesroires? 😊
That one cow is like ‘hell no’ you are not piercing my ear😂😂😂😂
Ha ha we always use a couple of tractor to prop up our corral. Seeing you use. A skid loader hits close to home. 😂
We incorporate 4-wheelers, golf carts, pickups, whatever will anchor gates and cattle panels.
I narrowed my bull exposure to 2 months.
Calving in two months I’m hoping to uniform my calves.
Whatever is open has to go
Thanks for the update. I never would have thought about 'GPSing' your livestock. Do farmers micro-chip them like one would a dog or cat or as well?
The RFID tags effectively serve as a microchip they put in pets just with a larger read range
...had seen you doing stuff on your cell and thought "hope he doesn't lose that phone if he has all his info on it"...suppose you can still use your cell remotely and send the info straight to the computer....now that's 21st century farming....lol.....~~~!!!~~~
My neighbor had one of the biggest cow herds in the state, he just used a plain ear tag and a note pad.
My problem is a note pad would seldom get carried with me which is where an app is handy!
Ummmm, you have to carry a device to make the app work also......
@@jeffreyhouston2043 I’ve always got the device on me though
You just proved my point, lol
@@jeffreyhouston2043 you mean the note app? 😂
Does the gps tags work in no service area?
Thay use RFID tags in 4-h
Hey Ryan!! Hey Hannah!! How much do the GPS and RFD tags cost? I'm sure they can't be cheap.
$135/tag then you have to pay a yearly subscription for the cellular which is $30-$50. Wouldn’t put them in the whole herd but definitely is a good choice for the bulls. The RFID are ~$3/piece I believe
Are the GPS trackers durable and what I'm wondering if the cow/bull rubs up against something would the GPS tracker break
Hi Charles. We have tested our tags through some of the harshest conditions. They are extremely durable. However, like many other tags, they are not completely "cow-proof." Oftentimes before our GPS tag, xTpro were to break it falls from the cattle's ear. This triggers alerts in our system to send straight to the rancher to go collect the tag. The xTpro tag is reusable and can be used again!
Ryan, the gps tags u use in your bulls, how do u keep the earpiece charged?
They have a small solar panel to give them up to a 7 year life
@@HowFarmsWork thank you, y'all have some fine looking livestock
Ryan said "They were nifty" because they had solar panels on them.
Interesting,if the bulls lose their tag would you be able to find the tag with the gps?
Yes, they also have a red LED to help find the lost tag or a particular animal in the dark
Can 701x also be used to track my car?
If the panel is in your window, sure!
Technically speaking... yes. The tag itself charges the best in direct sunlight so... putting it on the outside of the vehicle in direct sunlight will keep it charged. You will however receive a lot of high-speed alerts if you like to drive faster than 29MPH. :P
A little dramatic, acting like the squeeze chute is killing them 😅
Wow, bluetooth, gps tags, camera in the barn and which cow is talking to which bull. Sounds like a fed govt surveillance program. LOL 😄
We have no affiliation with any government entity and pride ourselves in keeping our user's data private to them.
@@701x Anything that transmits a signal can be hacked... remember that. Prying eyes looking for anything they can use for future sabotage. That's really the only thing that has me to keep doing it the old fashioned way... about like smartphones and big-tech.
1 bull for 25 cows is a good rule of thumb. Any lame or under performing bulls can have some help 🐂👍
Isn't a good idea for people runing cattle to have a system that uses there Shute..
Ever since the usa had that mad cow out brake. By law every calf right at birth must have a round yellow RFID tag put in it ear. An regestered on line. If a tag it lost you must login to your account an do a transaction of lost tag. Entering the lost tag number an reference the new Rfid tag number. Any time a cow steer bull calf is loaded in a truck an moved. You must login to your account an do a transaction of move out or move in. And list the drivers name an trailer plate number an print 2 copies of the paper work. One for the driver an one for were it going. In the case it go to be butcher the plant must login an do a move in. On kill day the login an do an end of life. It ilegel to cut a tag off it ilegel to cut a tag off an put a new tag on. It ilegel to transport with out each one having an RFID TAG an driver not having the paper work that out lines were each one was picked up from an were it going. Same with pigs sheep goats. Binion but pigs are done on a diferent website. No 3rd party software can be used for this . First you get a farm Premise id then you sign up for an online account an once it approved you order from them the RFID EAR TAGS . ONCES all your livestock are on your Promise you can down load an excel spread sheet of all Animals on farm. Or you can upload an excel file as a whole batch being moved out if one dies on farm you login an enter death an related how ext. In my case it from wolves an cyotes
This is not true that every calf born has to be RFID tagged at birth by law. Recognized identification (defined by the state) varies from state to state in regards to crossing state lines into their states. And that’s only bovines that are intact
The thing I'm paranoid about is what else is hard-coded into those things that could wonder who else is gathering data about each animal... Kinda how all the big tech companies harvest data on all of phones and computers.
why u dont sell the meat to the community?
Rfid is not from God😭😡
How to manage a cow herd? From a guy who buys his herd sites from a cattle auction, didn’t test his bull and had half his herd open? I don’t think so 😂😂😂
The bull was semen tested twice, once before I bought him and the second time after when he failed. I admitted at the end my record keeping hadn't been that great before then but I shared what I'm using now to try and help others.
@How Farms Work I'm sure any day now Pete will start posting videos of their own, far superior cattle operation. We all wait with bated breath.
Thanks for the video and for putting up with jackholes.
@@HowFarmsWork you didn’t get the test done yourself,,,, and after is to late don’t you think? You keep buying bulls from a sale barn. And trusting there tests? Go ahead and keep doing it on the cheap and you’ll keep having half a herd open. Record keeping is great and tech is nice too. But if you don’t have the knowledge where it matters? You are wasting your time. The last video your calves scattered like wild cats! For a northern boy who feeds 6 months out of the year that’s not a good sign of your handling/herdsmen abilities.
@@peteparker7396 It was a semen tested bull auction bud.
@@ryanwaege7251 I don’t need to make videos to supplement my farm 🤣🤣🤣
Ryan read the Bible. Rfid is not from God. Stop doing this