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A civil rights group and the Wyoming ranchers it represents are celebrating the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to walk back its new cattle-tagging regulations after the ranchers challenged the rules in court. A guidance document, which has since been taken off the APHIS website, had given livestock producers in the U.S. until January 2023…

Last April, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted a fact sheet to provide producers with information about the agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. Since the fact sheet was posted, APHIS said it has listened to the livestock industry’s feedback and will be scaling back…

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CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – A Coral Gables resident who is suing the city over its use of automated license plate readers can move forward with the lawsuit. A judge recently denied the city’s request to dismiss the case. “Even though I’m considered to be a good citizen, my city feels the need to basically track…

The United States Department of Agriculture has apparently reversed course on the issue of radio frequency identification (RFID) for cattle. In April of 2019, APHIS posted a factsheet to provide producers with information about the Agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. The factsheet broke the news that USDA would no longer accept…