The USDA will give away 8 million radio-frequency ear tags to cattle and bison ranchers, furthering the agency’s goal to phase out metal identification tags. The free ear tags will trace animals ...

R-CALF USA opposes a USDA proposal that would require the use of radio frequency identification ear tags to receive livestock indemnification payments in the event of a disease outbreak. “These ...

\The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit to stop USDA RFID ear tag requirements for shipment of dairy cattle, some beef cattle and bison Meanwhile, state officials have reported that they do ...

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 ...

Ed. Note: This post originally appeared at the blog of RFID Journal LIVE!, the world’s largest conference and exhibition focused on RFID and related technologies. Radio frequency identification (RFID) ...

The Texas Animal Health Commission has received a limited number of no-cost Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, ear tags from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute to Texas accredited ...

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 ...

Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began offering the option of no-cost Radio Frequency Identification livestock ear tags in early 2020, the state veterinarian’s office has dispensed 59,120 tags ...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health still has a large number of free low frequency RFID ear tags available. These ear tags store only a 15-digit Animal Identification Number ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin offering the option of no-cost Radio Frequency Identification ear tags to veterinarians and producers for use in young beef, dairy or bison breeding ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has backed off its July 5, 2020, Federal Register Notice that would have required the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags ...