The swine pilot project, by the Wisconsin Pork Producer’s Association, is looking to determine the effectiveness of electronic identification devices in a swine breeding herd operation and the use of herd management software that incorporates the electronic ID. More information

A market swine movement pilot project by the Wisconsin Pork Association will provide information on costs associated with reporting and recording group/lot movements identify the best ways to report from farm to slaughter, define data elements for reporting and produce an educational white paper. The white paper will address the differences between reporting, recording, who (producer or market) is responsible for what activities, and who pays for what. More information

The veal pilot project, by the American Veal Association, seeks to demonstrate traceability of veal calves from their dairy herd of origin through the veal grower to the packing plant. More information

The cervidea pilot project, by the Wisconsin Commercial Deer and Elk Farmers Association, will incorporate animal tracking through electronic tags into management practices of producers. More information

The beef pilot project, by the Wisconsin Cattleman’s Association, the University of Wisconsin Extension and  the Wisconsin State Fair, will examine the opportunity of utilizing technology to implement an electronic health certificate, animal identification and animal movement to exhibition premises for beef cattle. More information

The multi-species market pilot project, by Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association and local producers, will establish procedures and processes that will be used in the market for the tracking of individual animals and locations they are received from. More information

The dairy pilot project, by the Wisconsin Holstein Association and ABS Global, will demonstrate the management benefits of implementing radio frequency identification technology and linking that Id to daily reproductive and health management tools. More information

The Milk Money Program pilot project, by the University of Wisconsin, is the testing of premises ID and individual animal radio frequency ID (RFID) tags in participating dairy herds. More information

The sheep pilot project, by the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative, MB Genetics, the University of Wisconsin Department of Animal Sciences, and the Wisconsin State Fair, are evaluating different types of RFID and readers in sheep operations while interfacing with flock management software. This project also includes tracking animals to the Wisconsin State Fair. More information.

The dairy pilot project, by Minnesota DHIA, Valley Ag Software, the University of Minnesota and Wisconsin dairy producers, will be seeking information about value added opportunities by using RFID as a means to collect animal ID and carry this ID through to milk and blood analysis laboratories. More information and video

The dairy records pilot project, by AgSource/CRI and Valley Ag Software, proposes to test the improved efficiency associated with the implementation of RFID technology as part of the Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) milk recording and data collection process as well as integration of premises identification into existing animal identification databases and record systems. More information

The purpose of the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection’s pilot project is to cross-link and correlate the state licensing information with the WLIC premises registration database. By incorporating premises ID in state licensing databases, the goal is to evaluate how multiple numbering systems can be linked and potentially streamline registration processes for producers.

An animal movement reporting pilot project, by AgSource/CRI and World Dairy Expo, will develop a system that will facilitate the recording and reporting of animals, from WI and other states, to World Dairy Expo and the Dane County Fair.  More information

The pilot project conducted by the Wisconsin Holstein Association in cooperation with the Holstein Association USA, looks at integration of a traditional breed registry program with collection of animal ID informaiton for disease traceability purposes. More information

A large scale beef cattle tracking pilot project, by the Smithfield Beef Group, is designed to prove or disprove that private databases can be used to collect and transfer animal movement to the national system, show that record keeping above and beyond the scope of animal movements can add value to production systems, and identify problems with tracking animal movements between state systems.