It's so easy and costs almost nothing

Only 5 cents per pig, labor included.

Individual pig ID that is unique in North America?
EASY!

• Your 7 character premise number eg A23T567 • Plus

• the individual pig number you assign (eg 0105643 ) to that pig • IS A UNIQUE ID # in North America

• A 3000 sow barn would not repeat a number in 144 years!

A new number for each pig?
QUICK AND EASY!

• Flip open the tattooer

• Change to the next number

• Snap the tattooer closed

• TATTOO

it's quick and easy with a Ketchum 50D tattooer!

Tattoo every pig the first time it is in your hands

• New born pig processing routine –STEP 1 – Ketchum tattoo each pig the first time you pick it up

• Add pig ID and other data to your herd management computer program

Move'n'Track pigs without reading a tattoo

• Merging litters? – do not read a tattoo – just move the pigs from the farrowing crate to a group pen in your computer

• Merging pens? – do not read a tattoo – just move the pigs to their new pen in your computer

• Shipping pigs? – do not read a tattoo – just load pigs only with their penmates and email data on pigs in each pen to the next farm or packer.

So, when do I read a tattoo?

• Read the tattoo of the pig that died, that was sick and was treated, the runt that was moved/fostered, etc

• Only read the tattoo of the pig that was a managerially significant exception – after all, this is your herd management program and you want to analyze this production data

Tracking and tracing pigs
it's just a keystroke

• When pigs move off your farm and you email pig data to next farm or packer – just email a copy of data to the national database – it's just a click that cost almost nothing!

• How does it work? All good herd management programs can receive and send data in Excel spreadsheet format – so your colleague and the packer using a different program can receive your data without having to re-enter it.

National pig ID can be just decades old, proven, Ketchum ID technology and modern herd management software

• Start Ketchum 50D tattooing every pig at birth today

• Get more value from your herd management software

• Advocate for a national ID, tracking and tracing system that best suits pigs and the pig industry – Ketchum tattoos are there from birth to carcass

• It's hard to beat only 5 cents per pig, including labor to tattoo, to be able to send data to an effective, accurate, up to the minute pig ID and location data base!