Rural IT specialist Rezare Systems ran trials with UHF ear tags for the RFID of livstock during October-November last year. These on-farm trials were carried out withbacking from Deer Industry New Zealand, the Meat Industry Association, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, ANZCO, Landcorp Farming, GS1 and the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group.
The trials have provided further demonstration of how suitable this technology can be, especially for use with deer and sheep. The full report is now available for you.

 Download the Rezare report.

From RFID Journal, january 2010 - The agricultural department says an EPC Gen 2 RFID tag from Eriginate can serve as an alternative to low-frequency RFID tags for use with its National Animal Identification System.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tag for cattle tracking that will be used in conjunction with the agency's Animal Identification Number (AIN) system.
Read the full RFID Journal article here.

Read relevant articles on Pathfinder research concerning animal tagging:
New Zealand Study Finds UHF Superior for Livestock Tracking
On farm trials with UHF ear tags for NAIT

On-farm trials in the use of UHF (ultra-high frequency) ear tags for the RFID (radio frequency identification) of livestock have provided further demonstration of how suitable this technology can be, especially for use with deer and sheep. Rural IT specialist Rezare Systems ran the trials during October-November, with backing from Deer Industry New Zealand, the Meat Industry Association, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, ANZCO, Landcorp Farming, GS1 and the New Zealand RFID Pathfinder Group.

You can read the full report here.