New rule being published by the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service will require electronic identification ear tags for dairy, and some beef, cattle in 180 days. Such EID tags come with LF or UHF ...

Lawsuit estimates the EID ear tags APHIS requires for interstate movement of cattle and bison add $3/head in costs.

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 ...

The federal government will now require most Kentucky cattle to bear a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to improve the ability to trace animal movement quickly and efficiently in the event of ...

MINNESOTA (Valley News Live) - The Minnesota Board of Animal will implement a new United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) official ...

Many industries are just beginning to develop standards and systems for using RFID. But a small percentage of ranchers have been using RFID for more than a decade— mainly to make it easier to gather ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may be better named the Farmer Aggravating and Regulatory Threats Department (FARTD). Its recent move to require electronic ear tags on cattle and bison ...

Ceres Tag, together with the Queensland government, James Cook University, Meat and Livestock Australia, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are working ...

As grazing season begins, understanding mineral tags can help cattle producers make better supplement decisions.

Ongoing livestock tagging in Laikipia County to reduce theft and help contain diseases. Laikipia county government has embarked on an ambitious exercise to tag all livestock with an aim of identifying ...