Sponsored Articles:
GAM launches new Web site
Global Animal Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announces the launch of its newly renovated web site, designed to educate consumers on the importance of animal identification and to serve as a portal to GAM's products and services.
Tri-Merit Free 60 Day Trial
More and more producers understand the value of age-, source- and process-verifying their cattle. Help your clients capture and certify this information by becoming a Tri-Merit facilitator.
Global Animal Management offers new age and source verification functionality
Global Animal Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, is making age and source verification easier for sale barns, feedlots and dairy calf ranches by offering new functionality that allows them to age and source verify cattle on-site in compliance with USDA Process Verified Programs.
Age and Source Verification Pays
Tri-Merit Adds Value to Your Brand
Making Age and Source Verification Easy
Earn Potential Premiums for Your Cattle
Research Findings Reveal Perceptions, Opportunities For Age and Source Verified Cattle
Access to livestock with value-added information, such as process verified age and source data, is sited as important to compete for future beef markets according to three in four sale barn operators with exposure to these types of certification programs.
Upgraded TRI-MERIT Version 2.5 Offers Added Convenience and Ease-of-Use
Global Animal Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schering-Plough Animal Health, has announced that a new version of its online data management system, Tri-Merit, is now available.
USDA approves Tri-Merit electronic ear-tags for - NAIS MARKETING AND NAIS
The USDA has approved g.TAG electronic ear-tags for use in the National Animal Identification System, offering producers greater choice and simplified means for participating in the voluntary NAIS program.
Producer Survey Says Age and Source Verification Pays
A survey of more than 150 cow/calf producers across the country revealed that producers using age and source verification systems, like Tri-Merit, earned an average of $10 more per hundredweight than generic calves.
Global Animal Management, Inc. and Animal Profiling International
Global Animal Management, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation and Animal Profiling International, Inc., combined their core technologies in order to offer the beef and dairy industries an integrated data platform with diagnostic service.
Drovers Articles
Calf nutrition: value-added attribute?
Veterinarians and nutritionists have long told us that proper nutrition, including trace minerals, is a key component in a successful health program and long-term immunity.
Age, source verification: Not as easy as it seems
North Dakota State University Extension beef specialist Kris Ringwall says that by placing value on the calf and the accompanying data, the cattle industry has gone the next step in the world of product marketing.
Report calls for stronger residue controls
An audit from the USDA’s Office of Inspector General on the FSIS National Residue Program for Cattle calls for more residue testing in beef plants, tighter thresholds and more meat traceability.
Certified cattle could bring higher premiums
A relatively simple procedure that verifies where and when cattle are born could allow ranchers in southern Illinois to trade lower commodity prices for higher premiums according to a recent research project conducted at the University of Illinois.
Keeping options open
When the global economic collapse last year stifled demand for beef in
Verified value
The whims of the economy, markets and export trends cause fluctuations in premiums for such things as age and source verification. But in the experience of rancher Steve Huth, the value of information remains strong and steady.
North Dakota pilot program for source, age verification
Beef producers will be able to use high-frequency electronic identification tags on their 2010 calf crop as part of a pilot project by the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association.
CattlePost.com now free for Igenity customers
Igenity and Global Animal Management announce that customers of Igenity can now post information about upcoming sales on CattlePost.com, giving buyers access to information about sales featuring cattle profiled with Igenity — all in one place, free of charge.
USDA approves eTattoo as first official UHF ID
Eriginate Corp. announced today the approval of its eTattoo tag by the USDA. The approval marks the first ultra-high RFID and the first non-low frequency tag to be approved for use with the “840” Animal Identification Number.
Red Angus age and source certificates accessible online
Proper genetic, age and source verification is imperative for Red Angus cattle enrolled in the Feeder Calf Certification Program to continue through the marketing channels. The Red Angus Association of America recently developed a new tool streamlining access to this documentation.
NAHMS report outlines ID practices
USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) conducted the Beef 2007-08 study, which included information on cattle ID practices.
With every ear tag, there should be a cow attached
Tennessee Hereford feeder calf sale sees premiums
At the Tennessee Livestock Producers’ facility in Columbia, 66 consignors sold 852 head of age-, source- and health-verified Hereford and Hereford-cross calves for $35 and $57 per head more than the reported weekly average, for steers and heifers respectively.
Animal ID can aid record keeping
Keeping adequate records is important in the modern beef herd. Purdue University Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Dr. Ron Lemenager discusses identification and record keeping in the beef herd.
The western discount
Studies show California ranchers receive lower prices than for similar cattle in the Midwest. Ranchers are making up for some of the difference though, with value-added programs such as age and source verification.
Today’s market preparation begins with an ear tag
Market and price are foremost in the minds of producers as they contemplate the fall roundup. The market watch can be nervy because market slippage can mean big dollars, says North Dakota beef specialist Kris Ringwall.
Global Animal Management announces Auction Check
As the information age hits the cattle industry in full force, Global Animal Management, Inc. (GAM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, is providing auction markets with the means to conveniently add value to their clients’ livestock through Auction Check, an online age, source and process verification program for the auction market.
Igenity, Global Animal Management team up
Igenity and Global Animal Management (GAM) joined forces to provide producers with the first-ever option to combine information from a comprehensive DNA profile with health, source and age records in one package.
Traceability workshop to precede ID Info Expo
A food-traceability workshop, scheduled for August 25 and 25 in Kansas City, will offer food and agricultural businesses practical solutions for end-to-end traceability.
Third-party certification adds value
A recent Iowa State University study of sale prices at Iowa auction markets shows that cattle carrying certification of preconditioning and a 30-day weaning program earn significant premiums.
