U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) submitted a comment on the proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service rule related to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in cattle and bison. Rounds expressed his concern about the potential negative consequences this proposed rule may have on small and independent ranchers in South Dakota.
In his comment to the USDA, Rounds writes, “I am concerned about the cost to producers for this mandate, data security related to RFID technologies and USDA’s lack of enforcement for traceability standards with our trading partners; while at the same time holding domestic producers to a potentially overly-burdensome mandate.”
“Our farm and ranch families in South Dakota are already facing a range of challenges, including drought, high input costs and declining prices, and the added cost of complying with this mandate could push even more out of business,” Rounds continued.
Interested parties can submit their own comments on this petition through Monday, March 20, 2023, HERE.
Read Rounds’ full comment HERE or below.
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