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Both sides call for cooperation in proposed animal ID policy

Kristen Sindelar
Feb 29, 2024
Feb 29, 2024

Cattle EID 1.JPEG — Backtags are part of the tracking system established under the 2013 USDA Animal Disease Traceability rule.
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Utter the word “mandate” in a room of cattle producers and you will cause a stampede.

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Cattle EID 2.JPG — A worker guides cattle to the sale ring during a livestock auction. The logistics of managing a universal mandated EID complicated, said Justin Tupper, president of U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and owner of St. Onge Livestock auction barn.
Submitted photo

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Craig Uden, an owner of Darr Feedlot Inc., near Cozad, looks out over the feedlot. He’s concerned about getting fat cattle to harvesting facilities since most have been cut to one-third production due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Midwest Messenger photo by Rebecca Chaney

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Swine industry next to adopt electronic identification

The pork sector may be the next to require a standardized electronic animal identification program.

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Justin Tupper speaks to a Dakotafest crowd about the Meat and Poultry Special Investigators Act, a bill that passed the Senate Ag Committee in June. The bill takes aim at anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Melisa Goss

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Reporter Kristen Sindelar has loved agriculture her entire life, coming from a diversified farm with three generations working side-by-side in northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at Kristen.Sindelar@midwestmessenger.com.