04-14-2008, 02:31 AM
The cost of the microchip tag is only about 7 cents if bought in volume. Given the cost of having your entire crop destroyed because contamination on someone else's farm brings you under suspicion, its a small price to pay. Not every apple, head of lettuce, etc., needs to be tagged, by the way.
Still, I agree that the state would need to provide technical assistance to the farmer.
We are going to see this technology used in a lot of ways. There is now talk of "tagging" each patient, for instnace, to make sure that you get your appendix removed, if that's your problem, and not your leg.
Still, I agree that the state would need to provide technical assistance to the farmer.
We are going to see this technology used in a lot of ways. There is now talk of "tagging" each patient, for instnace, to make sure that you get your appendix removed, if that's your problem, and not your leg.