Micheal Clements, NAFB News Service

Lactanet Canada this week announced the launch of DairyTrace, the national dairy cattle traceability program for dairy farmers in Canada. Designed and built to be a centralized national system for the management of all dairy cattle traceability data, DairyTrace will provide protection, prosperity and peace of mind to the Canadian dairy industry in the event of an animal health emergency. Alongside the traceability module of Dairy Farmers of Canada’s proAction initiative, DairyTrace will support the dairy industry by protecting the economic livelihood of dairy producers and bringing peace of mind to consumers in the event of an emergency. DairyTrace includes a mobile app and on-line database portal, that will streamline and simplify the recording and reporting of animal identification and movement. Under federal regulations and/or proAction requirements, everyone who owns or has the possession, care or control of dairy cattle must record and report animal identity, movement, location, and custodianship information.