DICKINSON, N.D. -- At a recent meeting, the only item on the agenda was to determine what to print on next year's ear tags. What made the meeting exciting were the new tags the printing was going on.

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 ...

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 ...

There can be a lot of misconceptions about why bears in Connecticut wear ear tags. But as sightings (this is a bumper crop year) and potential bear issues (yes, there have been reported conflicts) ...

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.

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 ...

In a new collaboration, CERES TAG, has announced a partnership with Jeffers Inc. in the United States. This partnership is set to expand how CERES TAG reaches farmers and livestock producers across ...

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 ...

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