Examples from Agriculture

Companies with traceability systems achieve many benefits for their business:

• They improve inventory control
• They decrease costs by reducing waste and inventory
• They can easily verify product claims
• They are able to perform an effective product recall

Now you can read their stories to learn how they did it. You'll gain helpful ideas and insights into what it's like to implement traceability. You'll also find out how it can improve your business.

Agriculture:

1. Hillside Gardens Ltd.
2. Brenn-B Farms Ltd.
3. Amco Produce Inc.
4. Cedar Beach Acres Ltd.
5. Bear Creek Farm
6. Van Mar Farms Ltd.
7. Doug Calhoun
8. Sun Parlor Honey Ltd.
9. ElmCrest Farms

Agriculture:

1. Hillside Gardens Ltd. - A grower and packer of onions and carrots put in place a software package and handheld barcode scanners. They can now link data from the field to the pallets of bagged produce they ship to retail customers.

2. Brenn-B Farms Ltd. - A potato grower and packer put in place a software package and lot code label printer. They can now track all data from the field to each bag of potatoes.

3. Amco Produce Inc. - A greenhouse grower enhanced their production management software. They added barcode labeling to each box of packed produce. Now they can perform a recall in minutes.

4. Cedar Beach Acres Ltd. - A greenhouse grower uses a software package to send their pack house information online to their distributor. They then applied an inkjet lot code on all boxes of produce packed for easy tracking.

5. Bear Creek Farm - A small beef cattle operation uses a software package and RFID readers to capture animal management data. They can now provide data to customers from birth to the package of beef.

6. Van Mar Farms Ltd. - A cow-calf operation uses a software package and RFID readers to capture animal management data. They can now track their cattle from birth through to the sale of live animals and freezer beef.

7. Doug Calhoun - A large feedlot operation uses RFID panel readers to quickly and accurately track data about incoming and outgoing animals.

8. Sun Parlor Honey Ltd. - A beekeeper uses a software package and hand held scanners to manage hive and honey records. They can now track lot code labels on all their products.

9. ElmCrest Farms - A sheep farm uses a mechanical handling system and RFID reader. They can now meet buyer demands easily and know exactly how many lambs are ready for shipping at any given time.

Learn more:

Read about Ontario's pilot project for traceability