{"id":9177,"date":"2024-11-04T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:37:40","slug":"wyoming-ranchers-hageman-slam-mandatory-electronic-cattle-id-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/wyoming-ranchers-hageman-slam-mandatory-electronic-cattle-id-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Ranchers, Hageman Slam Mandatory Electronic Cattle ID Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is all a setup for another scamdemic, of which they’re been conditioning people regarding avian flu. I’d bet my money on them sitting on another gain of function virus from one of the many biolabs they operate around the world<\/a>, or with China which should give you pause. And one of the things that came out with the Ukraine war was the biolabs the US military were running<\/a> within Ukraine. And you run these operations in other countries because what you’re doing is illegal, as there is a treaty against developing biological weapons, though they frame what they’re developing as “defensive” research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2024\/11\/01\/wyoming-ranchers-hageman-slam-mandatory-electronic-cattle-id-tags\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Rep. Harriet Hageman and Wyoming ranchers are slamming a new federal rule mandating electronic ID ear tags for cattle. The new rule requiring the switch is effective Tuesday.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

By Mark Heinz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A demonstration of how a radio frequency identification tag on cattel is scanned. (Courtesy USDA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some Wyoming ranchers aren\u2019t thrilled about a federally mandated switch to electronic ID tags for cattle, set to take effect Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey want to be able to control the ranchers a lot tighter than they can now,\u201d Rep. Allen Slagle, R-Newcastle, told Cowboy State Daily on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Matter Of Choice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Slagle, a rancher, sits on the Wyoming Legislature\u2019s Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, the committee voted to forward a bill that would establish memorandums of understanding between Wyoming and some neighboring states. That would lay the ground rules for moving cattle between states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s unlikely to effectively counter the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s expected mandatory switchover to electronic ID tags for certain classes of cattle being moved across state lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s the mandated part that Slagle and others say they resent, because there\u2019s no choice in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like being told the only thing you can wear is cowboy boots, you can\u2019t wear tennis shoes,\u201d Slagle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth of them accomplish the same thing, keeping your feet protected. And it\u2019s the same way with these tags and livestock disease tracing. Either the electronic tags or the old metal tags and brands can accomplish that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracking Disease<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The primary reason given for the switchover to electronic tags is that it will increase the speed and accuracy of tracing disease in cattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brucellosis is of particular concern in Wyoming and around the region. That disease causes female cattle to spontaneously abort their calves. An outbreak in one state can shut down cattle trading with other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The switch to electronic tags is an upgrade in federal standards, Marty Zaluski, the head of regulatory affairs for GlobalVetLink, told Cowboy State Daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole country is going to electronic tracing,\u201d said Zaluski, the former Montana state veterinarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled that while he was in that position in 2007, it took weeks to trace the origins of a brucellosis case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a risk in the Greater Yellowstone Area,\u201d he said, and the new electronic tags will allow real-time tracking of possible infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really necessary, for risk assurance in GYA cattle,\u201d Zaluski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some opponents of the switch to electronic cattle ID tags say they worry about the cost. The USDA provided the soon-to-be phased out metal ID tags for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation for the switch, the USDA has a stockpile of electronic ID tags, and those can also be distributed to ranchers for free, Zaluski said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if the electronic tags are over-used, the supply could be depleted, and USDA will start charging for the tags, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electronic ID tags will be required for three classes of cattle if they\u2019re moved across state lines: Sexually intact animals, or breeding stock, over 18 months of age; dairy cattle, and rodeo or exhibition stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, opposes a USDA rule to require electronic ear tags for cattle and bison. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hageman Blasts Electronic ID<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Rep. Harriet Hagman \u2013 who comes from a ranching family \u2013 has been a vocal opponent of the switch to electronic tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She blasted it again in a statement issued on Friday. Hageman stated that she backs a lawsuit filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance against the USDA, aiming to block the mandatory switchover to electronic tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUSDA simply does not have the authority to mandate the use of EID ear tags,\u201d Hageman said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an unreasonably expensive, unfunded mandate that will lead to the elimination of small producers, vertical integration of our livestock and meat supply, put herds and ranches at risk through invasive Freedom of Information Act requests, and imposes an unbearable cost burden on all but the largest corporate producers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other actions in the U.S. House, Hagman introduced a joint resolution to rescind Tuesday\u2019s mandatory switch to electronic tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invasion Of Privacy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even if the electronic ID tags are initially free, the costs of scanning devices and other equipment could add up quickly for ranchers, Sen. Cheri Steinmetz, R-Lingle, told Cowboy State Daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very costly to producers, and sale barns and the entire system. So it will end up costing consumers as well,\u201d said Steinmetz, who co-chairs the Legislature\u2019s Agriculture committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranchers are also concerned about how electronic ID tags might affect their privacy, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is just the loss of your freedom and control of your information. There are no protections over who will see your information and how it will be used,\u201d Steinmetz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Europe, it\u2019s been used to reduce cattle herds over climate change concerns,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slagle said he has concerns about something similar happening here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they can collect that information, then they can tell exactly how many cattle are in the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let The Private Sector Do It<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casper-area rancher Dennis Sun said he and many others aren\u2019t opposed to the idea of electronic ID for cattle. He can see the value of streamlining disease tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the problem is, ranchers feel that it\u2019s being forced on them by the federal government, said Sun, who is the publisher of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would work better to implement the change through the private sector, Sun said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure the government should be involved. It should be private, a lot of people just don\u2019t trust the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt needs to be voluntary at first. And later on, if it really works and people really like it, then it can be mandated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you start forcing something on people, they tend to fight back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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