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    Christopher Brown

    Senior Analyst at Private Investor

    Christopher Brown is a Senior Analyst at Private Investor, specializing in equity research with a focus on technology and consumer sectors. He covers notable companies such as Apple, Amazon, and Tesla, with a track record highlighted by a 69% success rate and an average annualized return of 15% on his stock recommendations, ranking him among the top analysts on TipRanks. Brown began his finance career in 2012 at Barclays as an Equity Research Associate, later joining J.P. Morgan before moving to Private Investor in 2019 to lead company-specific coverage and sectoral analysis. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses, underscoring his professional expertise and commitment to regulatory standards.

    Christopher Brown's questions to Where Food Comes From (WFCF) leadership

    Christopher Brown's questions to Where Food Comes From (WFCF) leadership • Q2 2024

    Question

    Christopher Brown asked about the business impact of the USDA's final rule mandating RFID tags for its Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program, inquiring about its effects to date, the company's internal adaptations, and the outlook for the next year.

    Answer

    CEO John Saunders responded that the rule has spurred a migration of customers to compliant '840' tags. He noted that while tag revenue has been negatively impacted by government subsidies providing free tags and smaller herd sizes, this has been offset by growth in verification revenue. Saunders explained that Where Food Comes From has adapted its technology to allow producers to integrate these free tags into its system for a fee. He projected a 3-to-5-year timeline for the subsidies to end, after which the company would be well-positioned to capture the expanded market of producers required to use electronic tags.

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