The reported ease of recordkeeping and accuracy of Electronic Identification (EID) tags mean many sheep producers in Montana are utilizing the technology, according to producer feedback at the recent ...

USDA will start requiring that certain cattle and bison have electronic eartags, if they are to be moved from one state to another. “Rapid traceability in a disease outbreak will not only limit how ...

The cow-calf producer organization R-CALF sued the USDA on Oct. 30 to stop the agency from requiring ranchers who move cattle and bison across state lines to use electronic identification ear tags.

Eartags on adult cattle moving across states lines would have to be both visually and electronically readable under a proposal issued by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wednesday. The ...

A USDA rule that will require use of EID for certain interstate movement of cattle has some supporters and detractors in the cattle industry. Dr. Ethan Andress says it'll be an improvement. Electronic ...

FARGO - Beef producers will be able to use high-frequency electronic identification tags on their 2010 calf crop as part of a pilot project by the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association. The ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal disease ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Electronic identification tags in cattle and bison herds have been mandated for the past two months, but many areas of the country have been struggling to get the correct number of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is continuing a path to require electronic identification for certain cattle and bison moving between states, the agency ...

SUN VALLEY, Idaho – While USDA suspended its 2023 deadline for mandatory electronic identification ear tags, the agency’s goal of bringing animal identification into the electronic age hasn’t changed.

MADISON, Wis. -- A new USDA rule involving cattle and bison is set to take effect on November 5. Cattle and bison official ID tags will have to have both a visual and electronic component which ...

The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will host an educational webinar at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 to discuss the newly finalized animal disease traceability rule. Featuring a panel of livestock ...