The idea of chipping cattle/livestock has been around for about 10 years or so. The cost of the chips is getting lower. The real cost was the readers. They are also getting lower as computer hardware cost are going lower.
Now the issues I feel are the trouble with them. Yes they would provide SOME benefits to the farmer/rancher/own. Easy documentation of animals and the ability to track animals. These are really small for most mid west producers. My cattle are in confided areas and ear tags already provide the ability for record keeping.
The down side is I see the packers demanding these electronic records on every single head you ship to them. Then they would use these records to ding individual cattle for some reason and drop the price on those selected animals. Next would be some Federal agency "requiring" chips and Federal access to all of your records in the name of food safety.
Truthfully my livestock is kind of like your money in the bank. Really not anyone's business. Inspections at the slaughter houses is good enough to catch 98% of anything that could cause issues. The other thing this MIGHT help in is a very small risk. The odds of government interference is higher to me than the benefits.
I remember being required to read the book "Brave New World" for a college class years ago. I was deeply bothered by many of the things in that book. Now many of those things are reality. Many of the "Government" controls talked about in the book are here today. The technology for many of the other things would be possible today as well. These chips are sort of like some of that stuff to me.
Are chips in all citizens next????? I could see it being sold as a way to help medical record keeping. How would you like to have a chip Keeping "track" of all your health care issues??? You can't take any meds without a reader reading "your" chip and then dispensing your daily/hourly meds??? I could see it being sold as a way to stop prescription drugs being used by the "wrong" people. I know these ideas sound paranoid or even crazy but I do not trust electronic data. It can be easily collected by those who really should never need or have it.
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