How Has RFID Been Deployed in Agriculture?

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Ask The Experts › How Has RFID Been Deployed in Agriculture?
RFID Journal Staff asked 5 years ago

Do you have any information regarding EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags and their use in cultivating animals and plants?

—Name withheld

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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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