Tagging could unleash farm innovation
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010A controversial scheme to tag and trace cattle and deer could trigger a hi-tech revolution boosting farm productivity and profit, according to some in the industry. But any sea change is unlikely to happen overnight reports Stuff.
Farmers are required to tag all deer and cattle with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips by the middle of 2011 after Cabinet approved the second-stage business case for the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait) scheme. Stock movements will be recorded in a database to track animals during outbreaks of disease and to tell consumers where meat comes from.
