Ganado II

Note the earring: a different
type of cow chip.

Quick post: I went to a rodeo today, it's the 57th annual in this area. The exhibition of the animals were mostly the Brahman in various categories: male, female, age, weight and whether they supply meat or dairy. Most interesting are phone apps that, in synch with the chip on the animal's ear, can instantly populate a database with the animal's data: qualification, age, weight, vaccination schedule, and of course, (if one desires) name.

Another app developed by the local technical college is an app that alerts the manager when the feed is low, so a a signal can be sent remotely to solar-powered cell to distribute the appropriate amount of feed as necessary.

That's a significant leap in 100 years, even if the ranchers themselves sleep in hammocks above their herd.

The chip, through a bluetooth capability sends data to the phone, 

which then populates a spreadsheet and a 
hard copy is kept as well.