On October 7, over 400 livestock industry stakeholders gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota for the Livestock Producers Freedom Rally, sponsored by R-CALF USA and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA). Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY), USCA’s President, Justin Tupper, and R-CALF USA CEO, Bill Bullard were among the speakers who expressed their outrage with USDA’s final rule mandating the use of electronic identification (EID) tags on adult, sexually intact cattle and bison shipped across state lines; the rule is set to go into effect on November 5. Representative Hageman led off the Freedom Rally by sharing the nearly 15-year history of...

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