I hate to violate one of my own personal pet peeves by responding to this even though I have no advice to offer on the original question you asked, but here goes. I'm not sure why you want to over-complicate a simple business not to mention add cost to a business in which margins are already tight. I double tag all my cows (both ears in case one comes out) with the biggest tags I can get and I have a SUPER simple numbering system. I know how old they are by their tag number and what bull they came from with a quick check of a spreadsheet (which I have on my phone and tablet). ALL decisions on culling a cow are based on fertility. PERIOD. I write down when the bull goes out, figure when my calving window should be and wham, if a cow doesn't calve within that window (give a week or so), she gone. If she loses a calf, she's gone. If she raises a scraggly calf, she's gone. If she can't stay in decent body condition on decent hay and pasture, she's gone. If she is a perennial parasite problem, she's gone. THAT'S IT. I've been managing the herd this way for 7 or 8 years now and yeah, those first few years were a bugger because the herd took a hit, but now my herd is younger, more fertile (I calve out 55 cows in 40 days), and the cows are easier keepers. I calve in May (except for first calf heifers, they go a month before the rest of the herd) so there's no need for a calving lot and my cows are in the chute ONCE a year and they're NEVER in a barn, the rest of the time they're out grazing. So, I'm sorry, I just don't see the need for all that technology, but hey, that's just me.
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