The producers of your hamburger and steak have an issue with the government

A group of ranchers and organizations representing cattlemen have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, asking a judge to block a rule requiring the use of electronic tags on cattle.

The multiple plaintiffs, including the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association and ranchers in South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming, are accusing the department of trying to ram through the tagging regulation for more than a decade.

“This case is about a common occurrence – a federal agency moving forward to achieve its preferred objective, regardless of the statutory limits placed on it and absent any rational consideration of the costs and benefits of its actions,” the lawsuit says. The group is represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that seeks to overturn what it considers intrusive government regulations…

November 1, 2024

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Originally Published in The Dakota Scout