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Case Studies:
United Producers, Inc.
United Producers is a farm cooperative focused on livestock production and marketing. AgInfoLink supports UPI on sorted, commingled calf sales, as well as through developing a traceable, source verified supply network.
United Producers specifically utilizes AgInfoChutes™ to sort animals into sale groups based upon multiple criteria, including weight, sex, and color
In addition to the basic BeefLink™ software service package, including the Individual Animal Manager, Transfer Events, and AgInfoReports, the KBN locations have installed the add-on DevicePorts and AgInfoChutes applications.
Peripheral devices including RFID tag readers, bar code scanners, and weigh scales are interfaced using the Device Ports component of the BeefLink product suite. The BeefLink products are IBM-compatible PC-based and are utilized on desktop and laptop machines. The software suite is a PC based application running on various Microsoft operating systems, including Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows XP. Each system also works in conjunction with MS Office 2000 or Office XP. There are currently 3 UP system installs. AgInfoLink has worked with United Producers since 1999. AgInfoLink has provided UP with functional enhancements to improve user interaction and have accelerated the speed at which processing takes place.
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