The Federal government has said that the newly launched National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) would curb livestock rustling, facilitate interventions, as well as provision of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tag for cattle tracking that will be used in conjunction with the agency’s Animal Identification Number ...

An announcement Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of guiding principles for development of a public/private partnership in the development of a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Critics of an animal identification system plan to protest at a meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agriculture department planned to hold an all-day ...

On 5 May, the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) announced a draft of a strategic plan for the development of the National Animal Identification ...

Modern livestock farm technologies allow operators to have access to a multitude of data thanks to the high number of mobile and fixed sensors available on both the livestock farming machinery and the ...

NOBLE -- Farmers and ranchers came with voices raised and emotions charged to express their dissatisfaction with the National Animal Identification System Saturday morning. NAIS was created by the U.S ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants cattle owners to register their property, as well as each animal they own, in a new federal database. This is the first step in USDA's plan ...

The NAIS is being developed by the USDA and respective state agencies, in cooperation with industry, to enable 48 hour trace back of the movements of any diseased or exposed animal. The main goal of ...

OWATONNA, Minn. — Changes to the state's animal identification system are expected to take effect next month. Brad Peterson, a district veterinarian with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, outlined ...