Electronic identification tags, a white circle placed in an animal's ear, is now required for certain types of cattle and bison that move across state lines.

A cow in a pasture near Eureka in September 2024. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) A group of ranchers and cattle industry associations is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture in federal ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) may be better named the Farmer Aggravating and Regulatory Threats Department (FARTD). Its recent move to require electronic ear tags on cattle and bison ...

With diseases such as Foot and Mouth, TB, and of course Mad Cow still presenting a danger to cattle, it's of the utmost importance that farmers monitor the health of their animals, and immediately ...

Editors note: This story was published as an April Fool's Day joke. Ground-breaking technology could soon see outback farmers access fast, wireless internet, so long as they are within range of a cow.

A lifelong cattle-monitoring ear tag communicating behavioural changes to anticipate health and fertility issues is less than a year away for UK dairies. The low-cost and long-lasting ear tag is a ...

Monitoring cow fertility, health and rumination using a revolutionary new ear tag is helping one Welsh dairy farmer to improve performance. Ear tags are no longer just about identifying cows, the ...