APHIS issued its final rule on animal ID that has been in place since 2013, switching from solely visual tags to tags that are both electronically and visually readable for certain classes of cattle moving interstate.
Agency wants permitting programs to include greenhouse gas emissions so they will be able to implement the agency's first-time GHG permitting requirements starting in January.
The workshop, to be held Aug. 27 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, is the fourth in a series of five joint USDA/DOJ workshops focused on competition and regulatory issues in agriculture.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.1 million head on July 1.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will be holding additional public meetings on the animal disease traceability framework approach.
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule helping to protect the nation’s water quality by requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to safely manage manure.
