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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

In the Bohnert's barn, about 700 cows have an ear tag that's similar to fitness watches for humans, tracking when cows are moving, eating and sleeping.

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 ...