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 ...

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 ...

*Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a quote from the state veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As bird flu reached New Mexico dairy cows, the feds ...

The USDA will require cattle and bison crossing state lines to have electronic identification ear tags. The USDA will require electronic ear tags in cattle and bison crossing state lines, a ...

The cow-calf producer organization R-CALF sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 30 to stop the agency from requiring ranchers who move cattle and bison across state lines to use electronic ...

Ceres Tag, together with the Queensland government, James Cook University, Meat and Livestock Australia, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are working ...

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 ...