Cattle feeding at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alta., in October 2025.

Livestock movement scanner looks for proving ground

Canadian Cattle Identification Agency looking for ranchers to test RFID ‘wand’ technology, meant to make traceability easier in the lead up to incoming regulations

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) will test new technology intended to simplify the recording of animal movements, linked to proposed federal livestock traceability regulations.

Picture Butte Feeder Co-operative has been deemed fully operational, with the ministerial order lifted for the Feeders Association Loan Guarantee program and benchmarks met in provincial audits and restructuring requirements.

Countdown begins for traceability

Cattle industry gears up for an overhaul of the system as long-awaited new regulations promise to reshape the sector

Reading Time: 5 minutes Canadian cattle producers are awaiting new federal traceability regulations following a two-year consultation process.



Livestock traceability has been implemented in various forms across livestock sectors, with various degrees of benefit and cost to producers.

Livestock sector raises issue with new traceability reporting times

CFIA update will also bring goats, farmed deer and elk under traceability

Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – An online consultation on livestock traceability came back with widespread support for the general premise — and concerns about tighter timelines for reporting and tag retention. Last year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency unveiled proposed changes to Canada’s national livestock traceability rules, including a shorter window in which producers are to report […] Read more


Ensuring identification tags remain in the ear of cow is essential for farm-to- fork traceability.

Best practices at tagging time easiest way to not lose them

Tags that go into cattle’s ears properly are more likely to stay there and not cause problems with traceability

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched a new campaign to provide more information to farmers on how to retain tags on cattle. The challenge with cattle tagging is that at some point in their life, they can lose their iconic yellow button tags, and that’s a problem for the traceability […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15

Program costs 'unsustainable' without price increase

One of the prices producers pay for hog traceability will be going up 10 per cent. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a notice to producers Wednesday that the Canadian Pork Council will apply a 10 per cent increase to the prices of PigTrace ear tags and accessories, effective Dec. 15. Table: PigTrace ear tag […] Read more