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R-CALF Raises Concerns With USDA Program
R-CALF Raises Concerns With USDA Program
R-CALF Raises Concerns With USDA Program
R-CALF USDA is concerned about potential harmful requirements under a USDA plan.  The Department of Ag looks to reimburse producers for livestock that die when the government orders de-population efforts, during disease outbreaks such as foot-and-mouth disease.  R-CALF ...
WSDA Offering New, Renewing ECTR Users Free RFID Tags
WSDA Offering New, Renewing ECTR Users Free RFID Tags
WSDA Offering New, Renewing ECTR Users Free RFID Tags
To encouraging Washington’s cattle industry to either try out, or renew usage of the ECTR system, the state Department of Agriculture is offering free RFID tags. The WSDA’s Brennan Kimbel said ECTR, the Electronic Cattle Transaction Reporting System, offers ranchers and dairy owners an alternative way to meet brand inspection requirement s through self-reporting of sales and out-of-state cattle m
R-CALF Only National Cattle Organization Opposed to RFID Tags
R-CALF Only National Cattle Organization Opposed to RFID Tags
R-CALF Only National Cattle Organization Opposed to RFID Tags
R-CALF USA is the only national cattle organization opposed to a proposal to mandate radio frequency identification eartags starting January 2023. The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposal would require RFID tags as Official Identification in cattle and bison. R-CA ...
USDA Awards Contracts for RFID Ear Tags
USDA Awards Contracts for RFID Ear Tags
USDA Awards Contracts for RFID Ear Tags
The USDA recently awarded contracts to purchase up to eight million radio frequency identification ear tags. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says the RFID tags will help increase overall animal disease traceability in cattle and bison. The ...
USDA Seeks Input on RFID Ear Tag Proposal
USDA Seeks Input on RFID Ear Tag Proposal
USDA Seeks Input on RFID Ear Tag Proposal
The USDA is seeking public comment on the transition to RFID only ear tags. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service wants the public input on the proposal where APHIS would only approve RFID  as the official eartag for use in interstate movement of cattle that are required to be identified by the traceability regulations. An offi ...
R-CALF Seeks to Stop RFID Ear Tag Mandate
R-CALF Seeks to Stop RFID Ear Tag Mandate
R-CALF Seeks to Stop RFID Ear Tag Mandate
A lawsuit by R-CALF USA seeks to block the USDA’s mandate of radio frequency identification, or RFID, ear tags for all animals required to have official identification.  R-CALF and other groups filed the lawsuit last week seeking an injunction against Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Kevin Shae, who together issued the RFID mandate in

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