Webinar offered on livestock electronic tagging requirements

The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will host an educational webinar at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 to discuss the newly finalized animal disease traceability rule.

Featuring a panel of livestock industry experts and cattle raisers, the webinar will answer important questions about requirements for electronic identification of various classes of beef and dairy cattle in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service final rule for animal disease traceability that goes into effect Nov. 5.

Topics to be discussed include impacted classes of livestock, electronic identification tag requirements, industry responsibilities for implementation, data and program security and resources for cattle raisers, including how to access free tags.

To RSVP, visit tscra.org/upcoming-livestock-electronic-tagging-requirements-webinar/.