Source: Todd Neeley, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/9/19

USDA's plans to mandate the use of radio frequency identification of animals in interstate commerce has drawn the ire of a number of ranchers who are part of a lawsuit attempting to stop the move. The ranchers, led by the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF USA, allege in a new lawsuit filed on Oct. 4, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, that a 2019 USDA plan on radio frequency identification, or RFID, "unlawfully mandates" the technology in ear tags and other technology for livestock.

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