Working Ranch Magazine - Index

Working Ranch Magazine - magazine - Index

Tru-Test’s most advanced indicator, the Bluetooth XR3000, features
built-in wireless communications. The XR3000 works with any
Bluetooth device such as RFID readers, laptops, and PDAs without
the need for cables.
mends that producers look for scales that have the capabilities
of interfacing with a herd management software program.
The Chute Weigh product line is the latest advancement
for Avery Weigh-Tronix. The new model 640 indicator
can auto lock on the animal’s weight, retain the number
of animals weighed, accumulate the total of all animals run
across the chute, and calculate the average weight of the
animals weighed.
Gallagher has designed their unique little laptop-look-alike ernie™
to be portable and suitable for the roughest outdoor conditions.
Ranchers can input all kinds of information into it, including chuteside
weights and ID, simply by plugging the unit into the scale system.
Or, they can take it with them in the pickup and record field
data. Later, the information can be uploaded into the ranch computer
back in the office with no problem. Sure beats that little notepad you
have stuffed in your shirt pocket!
BYE BYE TO OLD SCALES
It’s hard to say goodbye to the old days … the manual
scales with their odd assortment of two-inch washers used
for counterweights, and the cryptic numbers scribbled with
a stubby pencil on curled-up weight cards. The technological
age is here to stay, so we’d all better get used to plugging
in and scaling out in a digital world.
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