Below is a May 2 news release from the Texas Animal Health Commission regarding the new national sheep and goat identification and record-keeping requirements that have gone into effect. I wanted to ...

In response to feedback from and collaboration with the sheep and goat industry, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide a limited number ...

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Department of Agriculture — Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has completed a standards update that officials believe will be more efficient in disease ...

The USDA has announced changes to their regulations and program standards regarding scrapie, a fatal and contagious disease that affects the nervous system of sheep and goats. Efforts are being made ...

They claim the anncounement indicates some states could press ahead with mandating use of electronic tags, an unwanted extra cost on industry. Mr Joyce released a statement today that said state ...

The 2023 mountain goat season begins August 1 with a new regulation for Southeast Alaska goat hunters requiring hunters to take an online mountain goat identification quiz before hunting goats in ...

Many farmers are still making sheep identification and record-keeping errors, according to latest Defra figures. Cross-compliance is a set of rules made up of Statutory Management Requirements (SMR) ...