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 ...

Santa Clara, Calif., RFID systems provider Intelleflex recently demonstrated its battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID technology at the Calgary Stockyards in Canada. The demonstration, conducted in ...

Electronic identification in the form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags continues to be the standard for identifying cattle in the state of Indiana. Hoosier cattle producers have placed ...

The USDA will require electronic ear tags in cattle and bison crossing state lines, a long-debated policy the agency said will contain disease outbreaks and keep U.S. beef acceptable to other ...

As a new electronic ear tag rule kicks off on Nov. 5, some producers may find there are no free tags left. Some may be forced to buy their own tags until another allocation comes through from USDA.

Scotland will introduce mandatory UHF cattle tagging by 2027, promising faster, safer traceability and improved livestock management.

While short-range LF RFID is used to track cattle and other livestock in feedlots throughout much of the world, ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID systems can provide more detailed views into the ...

A group of Holstein dairy cows standing in a green field. (Cally Lawson/Pixabay) (CN) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture appropriately relied on information provided by industry groups when ...

DENVER (CN) — Broad use of radio-frequency ear tags would make it easier to round up sick cattle, but implementing the technology comes with an estimated $2 billion cost. The 10th Circuit on Monday ...