By CBW Staff     The U.S. Department of Agriculture is getting set to publish the agency’s final rule, “Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison,” in the Federal Register.  The rule would require official eartags sold for or applied to cattle and bison to be readable both visually and electronically (EID). Cattle organization R-CALF has strongly opposed the rule stating, “The USDA has slapped independent cattle producers, who have worked closely with the USDA in the past to very successfully control, contain, and eradicate foreign animal diseases, in the face. “We will fight...

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