RFID Journal Staff asked 9 years ago Do you have any information regarding EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags and their use in cultivating animals and plants?
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There have not been a lot of deployments using passive UHF EPC tags in agriculture to date. Here are a few stories we've published:
• Hawaii Plans Trace-Back Program for Fresh Food
• RFID Tracks Produce From Field to Fork
• With RFID, Pork Producer Sells No Swine Before Its Time
• RFID Tracks Leafy Greens in Arizona
These three articles describe agricultural RFID applications that do not seem to use EPC RFID, but there is no reason why they couldn't:
• RFID Helps California Crops Grow
• RFID Helps Improve Agricultural Worker Productivity
• BASF Subsidiary Develops Better Crops Through RFID
There is certainly a lot of opportunity to use passive EPC technology in agriculture, but most companies in that sector have not even deployed bar codes yet. As such, there is a reluctance to invest in new technologies.
—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal
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