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 ACCU-TRAC®
Electronic Cattle Management . . .
is a proprietary state-of-the-art individual
animal, value-based management system facilitating industry-wide
supply chain integration and animal traceback that creates
value at every stage of beef production and increases the
profits of beef producers, feeders, packers, and retailers
while improving the consumer’s eating experience. The
ACCU-TRAC® System, also known as ECM®, encompasses
a number of elements for a comprehensive approach toward individual
animal management and integrated beef supply chain management.
ECM® components include the following:
- food safety protocols and verification
- individual animal traceback
- individual animal optimum economic end-point marketing
- multiple objective measurement technologies such as ultrasound
and video imaging
- specialized software
- growth and performance models
- electronic identification ear tags
- nutrition systems and products
- health systems and products
- relational database information integration and supply
chain management
- individual animal live and carcass performance data
- physical processing facility for high-speed, low-stress
cattle measurement and sorting
- product programs for extended meat shelf-life and increased
tenderness
- chute-side ranch measurement and marketing system
- carcass valuation technology
- historical database
The ACCU-TRAC® ECM System uses science
and advanced technologies to manage cattle individually. Rather
than eyeballing and just guessing about animal performance,
beef producers can use objective criteria to make management
decisions. ECM® combines multiple objective measurements
on each individual -- such as weight, ultrasound for internal
tissue characteristics like back fat thickness, and video
imaging for external dimensions, along with much other data
-- for optimum individual profit sorting, management, and
marketing whether at the feedyard or the ranch. This approach
extends to the packing plant as well with automated live and
carcass identification transfer and matching conducted along
with the use of ultrasound technology for valuation of carcass
characteristics. The ACCU-TRAC® System combines food safety
and beef traceability practices with implementation so everyone
wins. Consumers receive a wholesome product and producers
increase their profitibility.
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