701x is proud to announce the official launch of its smart ear tag technology into the Canadian market in February 2026, marking a significant milestone in the company's international expansion. With additional plans to launch in Australia in Q3 2026, the company continues to grow its international market reach. To drive this growth, 701x has added three industry experts to the team — Bruce Holmquist, AJ Knowles, and Graham Winnell. 701x is a Fargo, ND based company and the

Community-funded round backed by North Dakotans and Minnesotans, along with rancher-users across the country marks a defining chapter for the only technology ecosystem built exclusively for the beef cattle industry. FARGO, N.D. — 701x, the Fargo, North Dakota-based agricultural technology company bringing connected intelligence to the beef cattle industry, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $10M Series B funding round. Marking six years in business with strong ado

Beef prices are good. Expansion should be happening. Unfortunately, many producers are simply maxed out on what they can get done in a day. The 701X platform is a fence checker, heat checker, health checker, calving notifier, and an office secretary all at the same time. Chip Kemp joined Patrick Wall on this episode of the Iowa Beef Collective to describe the breadth of services offered by an ear tag…and how we’re just getting started!

At the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit, our VP of Business Development, Max Cossette, joined Emma from Double E Ranch Advocacy to explore how our fully integrated ear tag system is giving producers never-before-seen access to herd health, location, and behavior - all from a phone or dashboard.

701x was recently featured in the January/February 2026 issue of Future Farmer Magazine , breaking down how founder Kevin Biffert is applying a manufacturing and automation mindset to one of agriculture's oldest industries. The feature explores how 701x's GPS-enabled smart ear tags and connected software platform turn cattle into real-time data points, giving ranchers visibility into location, health, behavior and breeding activity without requiring constant physical presence

701x was recently featured in an article from Drovers breaking down how the North Dakota-based agricultural technology company is reshaping cattle management through a blend of innovative technology, user-friendly design and exceptional customer service. The piece highlights 701x's three core offerings - registry services, on-ranch herd management software and smart livestock devices - and how together they give ranchers a single, centralized platform to track animal health,

"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩-𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮—𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞

Six weeks of stress. And yet… That is how some would describe the last month and a half of the cattle markets. By now you know some of the basics of why. Like many, I have strong opinions on some of the happenings. Should you want to visit about those feel free to reach out. I’d be happy to get your take. I can even offer some insight into my own thinking if you wish. But stress doesn’t always denote a negative. You’ve been stressed and unnerved many times before a very posit

This week, I received an alert on 710 - one of our foundation cows. It was a heat alert which wasn’t what I wanted to see on an 8 year old cow who was preg checked months ago and on pasture 50 miles away. I then started unpacking the information and a light came on…701x just saved me a great deal of pain and agony of finding out I had an open cow early not late. What to do... Well, we had a handful of options, but I preach practicality to my children and anyone else who will

No one likes change. Until they do. Would you really prefer cold showers every day? How about waking up, stirring the fire, then putting the coffee on? Would you give up that modern, nimble, tough aluminum trailer for that old heavy fiberglass job from the late 80’s? I get it. I’m as averse to change as anyone. Those who know me well know I’m eager to park the modern dually or my bride’s fancy SUV in lieu of the old ’90s Jeep. The noise and the clutch take me back for a

With record beef markets, I know many ranchers are looking at expanding and wanting to capitalize on this great opportunity....

Our very own Chief Strategy Officer, Chip Kemp joined Justin Mills of Working Ranch Radio on episode 228 to explore how technology is...

Don’t disrespect the simple . 701x tools like the xTpro tag and the Autonomous Rancher herd management system get lots of accolades. And appropriately so. However, I think too many of us overlook the elegantly simple and powerful xTlite tag. It is an inexpensive, easy to install, robust Bluetooth device that allows you and the kids to hop on the UTV and drive in the pasture and locate any animal wearing an xTlite that is within Bluetooth range. It’ll help you track down t

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