Uruguay: Two technological projects will boost cattle traceability Article: El Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de Uruguay anunció que dos proyectos tecnológicos están en marcha para mejorar la trazabilidad del ganado vacuno en el país. Estos proyectos, que representan una inversión de aproximadamente 1.5 millones de dólares, buscan modernizar el sistema de seguimiento y registro de los animales, garantizando así la calidad y seguridad alimentaria. Translation: The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Uruguay announced that two technological projects are underway to improve cattle traceability in the country. These projects, which represent an investment of approximately 1.5 million dollars, aim to modernize the system for tracking and registering animals, thereby ensuring food quality and safety.

The selected projects will have 12 months to develop and test their prototypes in the field and are named ‘Innovation in Uruguayan caravans with geolocation and predictive data analysis’ and ‘Bovine identification, monitoring, and traceability system’. Both solutions have been presented together with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Udelar and amount to approximately $4.7 million each. The initiatives aim at individual identification devices with geolocation, temporal registration, energy autonomy, and data analysis capabilities, aligned with the national infrastructure. The Minister of Livestock, Alfredo Fratti, assured at the presentation that the initiative seeks to improve the individual traceability system mandatory for almost 20 years and informed that 34 proposals from companies and institutions from various countries responded to the call. According to Fratti, Uruguay will make "another leap difficult to match internationally" in a sector that remains the ...