Researchers have studied beef cattle with in-ear accelerometers. These units may be able pick up signs that relate to early stages of disease in cattle. A smartphone switches its orientation from ...

New rule being published by the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service will require electronic identification ear tags for dairy, and some beef, cattle in 180 days. Such EID tags come with LF or UHF ...

In Dan Gattis’ Georgetown pasture, cows and their newborn calves have bright yellow ear tags with identification numbers. “I can take that knife and pull that ear tag out,” said Gattis, a former state ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOGAN, Utah (ABC4) — Researchers from Utah State University have developed a flashing, motion-activated livestock ear tag that is showing promise in deterring livestock predation, which then means ...

Exhibitors interested in showing their market animals in the Junior Livestock competition at the 2017 Solano County Fair need to start making plans now to have their animals pre‐registered and tagged.