SHEEP and wool producers are staring down the barrel of having two different technologies imposed on them as the Victorian government “whitewashes” alarms about the enforcement of an inferior electronic identification system.
SHEEP and wool producers are staring down the barrel of having two different technologies imposed on them as the Victorian Government is accused of enforcing an inferior electronic identification system.
Scanning experts have attacked the decision to mandate low frequency (LF) RFID tags used in the cattle industry for sheep and farmed goats in Victoria from July, believing taxpayers and producers will foot the bill for the outdated technology.
The sudden decision comes as Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) prepares for a national trial tracing bales using the Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) technology, following four years of investigation.
Source: Sheep RFID technology chaos | North Queensland Register