The rule specifies ear tags for all sexually intact cattle and bison 18 months of age or older, all dairy cattle, cattle and ...

The USDA electronic ear tag requirement for shipment of dairy cattle, some beef cattle and bison is set to take effect on Nov ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Disease Traceability update goes into effect Nov. 5, 2024 and will require some ...

The cow-calf producer organization R-CALF sued the USDA to stop the agency from requiring ranchers who move cattle and bison ...

I’m often asked to design customer and employee tracking systems ... it pretty useless for tracking livestock compared to the longer-range ear or ankle tags that are currently used.

As a new electronic ear tag rule kicks off on Nov. 5, some producers may find there are no free tags left. Some may be forced to buy their own tags until another allocation comes through from USDA.

By requiring electronic animal identification for certain cattle and bison ... private data and continuing to reduce the cost of ear tags for farmers and ranchers. Our industry faces a tremendous ...

Livestock that require an electronic identification tag to travel across ... within my bookkeeping systems, but I’m not required to by the government.” Previously, ear tags used as official ...

The group says the new rule requiring electronically readable (EID) ear tags ... cattle across state lines, urges the U.S.

The latest version of the rule was published in May, and would phase out traditional ear tags in favor of electronic ...

Visual-only tags like the NUES 9 (metal or plastic) tags will no longer be counted as official unless they are applied to the animal before the Nov. 5 deadline.