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 ...

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 ...

Cattle producers recognize the importance of a comprehensive animal disease traceability system, but they’re not all on the same page when it comes to USDA’s proposed rule to make electronic ...

A resolution has been introduced in Congress to block a USDA rule mandating electronic identification (EID) ear tags for bison and cattle moving between states. The rule is designed to speed 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 ...

The The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend animal disease traceability regulations that require electronic identification ...

MITCHELL, S.D. — The new electronic identification mandate for the cattle industry was a key topic at the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Region Roundup event in Mitchell, South Dakota, on July 17. Attendees ...

A year-old case of R-CALF, et al. v. USDA, to stop the use of a tool intended to help control diseased animals, will proceed under a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Globally, many countries have introduced the use of individual animal identification and registration based on application of numbered electronic or printed ear tags on an animal and storage of owner ...