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  • Keep Android Open: Help Us Fight Android’s Proposed APK Restrictions

    The APK is a foundational file type for us here at AnimalTrakker®. It’s a cornerstone of our Farm Mobile system, which runs on Android devices. We need Android compatibility to keep AnimalTrakker® portable and accessible for field use. Currently, Android is a platform where any individual can configure and develop applications. However, Google’s proposed changes…

  • Prototype LambTracker® Tablet

    Note: this blog post was originally posted on lambtracker.com and has been moved here for preservation. Some information may be outdated. This is one of our very first LambTracker® devices, complete with a very simple program to track lambing data. The hardware is an old Toshiba tablet. Our entire goal was to display an ewe’s…

  • Field Testing of EvaluateSheep Module

    We did our first field testing of the new EvaluateSheep module against our live sheep. We evaluated ram lambs.

  • LambTracker® Progress Report

    Coding on the LambTracker® programs is continuing at a fast pace. We currently have several working modules.

  • LambTracker® in the News

    We made the local radio news with our LambTracker® system.

  • CO Woolgrowers Presentation 2013

    We presented the LambTracker program and demo hardware at the Colorado Woolgrowers Conference in Montrose on July 18th, 2013. You can find the presentation files below.

  • Welcome!

    Welcome to LambTracker®, an open-source EID tracking program from Weyr Associates, LLC. We will be adding our presentation given at the Colorado Woolgrowers Convention here next week.

  • EID Tags

    Note: this blog post was originally posted on lambtracker.com and has been moved here for preservation. Some information may be outdated. By midway through 2013, we’d researched EID thoroughly, and it was clear that we’d eventually need to implement it for tracking. Unfortunately, the EID tags available in the US at the time were too…

  • Collection Pen

    Note: this blog post was originally posted on lambtracker.com and has been moved here for preservation. Some information may be outdated. Some of the rams were shy about collections, so we had to set up a private pen for them. We only let Dr. Purdy in there with the jump ewe and the ram to…

  • Why We Created LambTracker®

    Note: this blog post was originally posted on lambtracker.com and has been moved here for preservation. Some information may be outdated. We started working with the USDA NAGP in 2005 to collect semen for the gene bank. We did collections in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. By then, we were working with them on…

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