Globalstar Partners with Ceres Tag on New Animal Ear Tag Design
November 05 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Small Satellite Tracker Foreseen as
Game-Changer in Global Agriculture Industry
Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leading provider of
mobile satellite voice and data services, today announced its
partnership with Ceres Tag, a leader in livestock information
systems using a proprietary smart ear tag, to conduct its final
stages of commercial large-scale trials for the provenance and
management of livestock. These trials will be a significant scale
extension of previous trials performed by Ceres Tag on 100 animals
in North Queensland, Australia in early 2019.
The Globalstar and Ceres Tag partnership aims to improve
efficiencies within the agriculture industry with benefits
including livestock theft detection, better operational management
for livestock location, improved provenance along the entire supply
chain, improved detection and tracking for health and bio-security
systems and more information on animal welfare.
Ceres Tag will commence large scale trials in Australia in
multiple environmental and climatic conditions to test and validate
the operational proficiency of its complete livestock information
platform which has been a collaboration with Meat & Livestock
Australia, Queensland Government, Commonwealth Science Industry
Research Organization (CSIRO), James Cook University and
Clandestine Design Group. Once trials are complete, Ceres Tag is
expecting to enter the market in the second half of 2020.
“After partnering with Ceres Tag and CSIRO, we’ve been able to
collaboratively produce an exciting and extremely small design
using our Commercial IoT technology,” said David Kagan, CEO of
Globalstar, Inc. “With no other infrastructure necessary on a
ranch, this simple attach-and-go ear tag significantly reduces any
installation headaches and provides great value to livestock
farmers.”
“Ceres Tag’s capability for global provenance, traceability,
health and welfare detection using the Globalstar Satellite Network
will provide a new paradigm in risk reduction and transparency for
the livestock industry. This new offering will provide benefits for
all stakeholders from Paddock to Plate,” said David Smith, CEO of
Ceres Tag. “With mandated traceability tagging already implemented
in many countries with many more adopting the practice in the
future, including the USA, Ceres Tag will be unrivalled in
delivering a new confidence to consumers while vastly improving
farming operations.”
With a cattle population in excess of 1.2 billion in the world,
often residing in remote agriculture environments, interest has
been extensive for better communications to more effectively manage
livestock operations. The collaboration between Globalstar and
Ceres Tag is significant in that it is based on Globalstar’s
proprietary IoT chipset that provides dependable, global
connectivity by using satellite communications, enabled by
Globalstar’s second-generation Low Earth Orbit satellite fleet. The
final product resulting from this partnership will be a small,
lightweight ear tag applicable to a variety of livestock as well as
other wildlife animals. Because of its flexibility, the ear tag
will benefit not only the global agriculture industry, but also
Governments seeking to improve their provenance and bio-security
systems, finance and insurance institutions seeking to reduce risk,
trading platforms seeking transparency, animal health company
diagnostics for improved data driven decisions, retailers for food
safety and security of final consumer products and many more along
the complete supply chain network.
About Ceres Tag
Ceres Tag is a next generation livestock information platform
using a proprietary smart ear tag to produce location, provenance,
traceability and animal health & welfare information to improve
data driven decisions for all stakeholders in the supply chain from
paddock to processor and beyond. Ceres Tag decreases risk and
increases transparency, fundamentally improving the detection of
bio-security threats, financing of operations and insurance
evaluation. Ceres Tag automates the collection of data on animals
giving seamless evaluation of livestock assets. Ceres Tag provides
confidence in the origins and history of the food we eat, the
fibers we wear and products we use. Learn more at Ceres
Tag.com.
About Globalstar, Inc.
Globalstar is a leading provider of customizable Satellite IoT
Solutions for customers around the world in industries such as oil
and gas, transportation, emergency management, government, maritime
and outdoor recreation. A pioneer of mobile satellite voice and
data services, Globalstar allows businesses to streamline
operations by connecting people to their devices, supplying
personal safety and communication, and automating data to more
easily monitor and manage mobile assets via the Globalstar
Satellite Network. The Company's Commercial IoT product portfolio
includes the industry-acclaimed SmartOne™ asset tracking products,
Simplex satellite transmitters and the SPOT® product line of
personal safety, asset and communication devices, all supported on
SPOT My Globalstar, a robust cloud-based back office solution.
Completing the satellite product suite are Duplex satellite data
modems, the innovative Sat-Fi2® satellite Wi-Fi hotspot, and the
Sat-Fi2 Remote Antenna Station with all product solutions offering
a variety of data service plans. Learn more at Globalstar.com.
Note that all SPOT products described in this press release are
the products of SPOT LLC, which is not affiliated in any manner
with Spot Image of Toulouse, France, or Spot Image Corporation of
Chantilly, Virginia. SPOT Gen3 is a trademark of Spot LLC. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Globalstar USA Public Relations / General Media Inquiries Marcy
Fluitt Email: media@globalstar.com or
investorrelations@globalstar.com Phone: 985-335-1538 Ceres Tag:
info@cerestag.com
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