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 ...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on April 26 a new rule for the official identification on cattle and bison. The new rule is specifically on electronic identification for cattle and bison ...

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 ...

Ranchers and other producers and handlers of livestock will soon have a new tool at their disposal for tracking the locations of animals in real time, and with greater precision. RFID vendor Digital ...

Source: Denise Derrer – Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) Electronic identification in the form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags continues to be the standard for identifying ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The cow kept losing her ear tag. Again and again, she’d rub against a fence or a tree until the plastic tag, about the size of an index card, fell off. So rancher David Watson had ...

When the first U.S. case of Mad Cow disease was discovered six years ago, it prompted calls for a national system to track livestock from birth to slaughter. The Agriculture Department soon rolled out ...

For the cause of traceability, radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags will be required in American beef cattle, dairy cows, and bison by Jan. 1, 2023. Unless, of course, a Montana-based cattle ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) is finalising rules to make identification tags compulsory for all ruminant livestock, including cattle, buffaloes, goats and sheep, says ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The future of the hot-iron brand, an icon of Western heritage, is at the center of a nearly decade-long battle over cattle identification and traceability.