This Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP) award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service, will fund the development of two major advancements to the existing CalfDex mobile app. CalfDex, which was previously created under a 2020 FSMIP grant, is a mobile app that enables cow-calf producers to record production information in the field.
The $484,154 award, with a completion date of September 29, 2027, will fund the integration of electronic RFID eartag scanning capabilities into the CalfDex app, as well as the development of a website mirror to the mobile app. These advancements will improve data accuracy, entry efficiency, and analytical capabilities for CalfDex users, while also facilitating downstream data sharing and traceability to enhance beef supply chain coordination and market development. The project is being led by Kansas State University in collaboration with U.S. CattleTrace and the Kansas Livestock Association.
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