The advent of beef alliances, source verification initiatives and beef quality assurance programs has created an even greater need to know more about each animal you produce and be able to track each stage of production from ranch gate to consumers plate. PIC provides you that Tool!

Breed Associations

In Purebred mode, PIC stamps a breed template (as illustrated in the figure to the right) on the Cow Sense herd that customizes Cow Sense to fit the exact fields of information that the Association requires. Cow Sense then allows producers maximum flexibility to customize the rest of the program to your individual needs. 
To date we have developed Breed (Association) interface capability with these breeds:

• Red Angus Association of America

• North American Limousin Foundation

• American Intl. Charolais Association

• American Maine Anjou Association

• American Angus Association 

We are actively pursuing compatibility with the Chianina, Brangus, Gelbvieh, Hereford, and Simmental associations. Our ultimate goal is to achieve electronic compatibility with all associations that have that capability. In cases where associations do not have electronic capability we will pursue the ability to submit printed reports. 

The primary functions of this feature of the PIC are to: maintain standardized fields required by the respective breed associations; send in applications for animal registration; meet the requirements of total herd reporting; and to receive back registrations and EPD updates. 

Production Systems

Certainly other segments of the industry that are critical to the exchange of information with the cow-calf producer are the feeding and processing phases. Cow Sense users can export "individual on-ranch" performance and very soon treatment data to any feed yard, however for those with the ACCU-TRAC™ system, this process is seamless. 
Micro Beef Technologies' ACCU - TRAC™ Electronic Cattle Management provides computer software systems for individually tracking and managing cattle through this phase and harvesting. In addition, any feed yard with the ACCU-TRAC™ system can export individual animal feeding and carcass performance data to a Cow Sense user. This information is then easily imported into your Cow Sense program (Commercial or Purebred Edition)!

PIC stamps a production template on the Cow Sense herd that customizes Cow Sense to fit the exact fields of information that the production partner requires. This template provides the seamless exchange of information in the formats required so both ends can provide information that make the end product more profitable.