Amid another possible government shutdown, a passage in an omnibus bill, which includes $15 million to electronically track livestock, raises alarms with Republicans. The House on Wednesday passed a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Meatpackers and fast-food restaurants are backing a new database that could help health officials quickly track the source of an outbreak of food-poisoning all the way back to the ...

A livestock auction company is recommending a cattle-tracking RFID system to its customers as an alternative to what it sees as a cumbersome nationwide animal-tracking program to be mandated by the ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The cow kept losing her ear tag. Again and again, she’d rub against a fence or a tree until the plastic tag, about the size of an index card, fell off. So rancher David Watson had ...

Farms’ failure to record cattle and sheep movements reveals stark lack of preparation for wave of animal disease ...

New World Screwworms, an invasive species that can cause deadly damage to livestock and people, have been spotted 70 miles ...

CUTLINES - MILWAUKEE - The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. It is the U.S.

When you pick up a cut of beef at the store, would you like to know that animal's life history? The technology to do this does exist — at least in Michigan, where the state requires all cattle to ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meat company, has delivered 123,765 ear tags to individually track cattle in Para state, according to a statement on Monday, marking a possible ...

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil is pressing ahead with plans to track its cattle herds as the world’s largest beef producer contends with international pressure to prevent deforestation caused by commodity ...