The proposed U.S. National Animal Identification System has generated concerns
among producers relative to implementation
of the system. Many of these concerns stem
from the USDA’s Bovine Identification Working
Group’s recommendations to use electronic
Identification Plan Bovine Working Group has recommended radio frequency identification as the technology to individually identify cattle. Understanding and implementing an electronic identification system for cow-calf producers
is believed to be one of the greatest
challenges of implementing the National
Animal Identification System.
