Ear tags are a rather common phenomenon on farms, mostly on dairy cattle. Gone are the days when cows were referred to by names such as ‘Njoki’. Today, recordkeeping is a critical aspect of running a ...

March 31, 2008–Many governments are encouraging or mandating the use of RFID tags to track cattle, pigs and chickens, to protect their food supply from contamination and spoilage. Some livestock ...

At its testing facility in the Badlands of North Dakota, Fargo-based startup 701x is putting final touches on its ear tag that tracks GPS location, monitors animal activity, as well as its software ...

An increasing number of cattle ranchers are embracing wireless sensors that clip to cows’ ears and help them monitor the activity levels and feeding patterns of their animals. The tags are paired with ...

The cow-calf producer organization R-CALF sued the USDA on Oct. 30 to stop the agency from requiring ranchers who move cattle and bison across state lines to use electronic identification ear tags.

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 ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Officials from the animal husbandry department have appealed to the cattle owners across the state to get their livestock ear tagged before June 1. Nanded district animal ...

The cattle grazers will not be able to sell or purchase the livestock without ear tagging from June 1. Hence, the district animal husbandry department has appealed to the farmers to get ear tagging of ...

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 ...

To keep track of the cattle population in Maharashtra, the state government has started the ear-tagging project. As per the latest data, at least 16,242 cattle were ear-tagged by the animal husbandry ...