Burkina Faso puts RFID identifiers in the rumen of 300,000 cattle to fight livestock theft
Burkina Faso launched a campaign on 19 September 2026 to identify 300,000 cattle with electronic identifiers placed in the rumen, read by handheld readers to prove who owns a recovered…
7,500 endangered snuffbox mussels stocked in Clinton and Huron rivers and Cass Lake
Michigan stocked about 7,500 captive-reared snuffbox mussels into the Huron River, the Clinton River and Cass Lake in September 2026. One thousand carry PIT tags, another thousand carry glued numbered…
NFC Forum Announces Winners for 2026 NFC Forum Innovation Awards
A padlock that draws its power from the phone that unlocks it, a cooktop that talks to its own pans, and cattle records stored on the animal's tag rather than…
Dutch pig sector moves to replace paper slaughter records with RFID ear tags
Dutch pork, transport and meat sectors want the metal slaughter mark on pigs replaced by an RFID ear tag, reportedly by January 2027, now that the electric prod ban makes…
Bovine EID tags available in Northern Ireland from 7 September – DAERA
From 7 September 2026 Northern Ireland becomes the first UK region to offer electronic ID tags for cattle, on a voluntary basis. The low frequency tags cost about GBP 1.50…
Swine RFID Program Boosts Disease Preparedness
The National Pork Board is handing RFID readers to the people who see the most pig traffic in a year. Swine exhibition sites, state pork associations and Extension programmes holding…
UID Acquires AEG ID
Unified Information Devices, Inc. (UID) has completed its acquisition of AEG Identifikationssysteme GmbH (AEG ID), bringing together two established players in the industrial RFID space. The deal includes AEG ID’s…
What is LF RFID? Understanding 125 kHz Technology
Low-frequency (LF) RFID is one of the oldest and most reliable forms of radio-frequency identification. Operating at 125 kHz, LF RFID has been a cornerstone of automatic identification for decades.…
EU Regulations Mandating RFID Microchip Identification for Dogs and Cats Formally Approved
The European Parliament has formally approved the first-ever EU-wide regulations mandating RFID microchip identification for all dogs and cats across member states. The landmark vote, held on Tuesday 28 April…
Insecticide in insect repellents impairs bumblebees’ ability to navigate
A new study by researchers at the University of Turku and the University of Oulu in Finland has revealed that prallethrin, a common insecticide found in mosquito repellent devices such…
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