It took us a while to figure out the endgame for USDA’s persistence in trying to force United States’ cattlemen and cattlewomen to affix an electronic identification (EID) eartag on all their cattle and to include their cattle in a national database. The USDA said it’s all about disease traceability – that EID eartags and their associated databases are needed to prevent the spread of disease. No, they’re not! The U.S. has successfully prevented disease spread for many livestock diseases for decades. In fact, the USDA finalized a rule in 2013 and proclaimed that it wasn’t the EID eartag or...

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