June 20, 2024
Wade Leist Wins World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
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May 30, 2024
Mike VanMaanen Elected President of Livestock Marketing Association
Auction market owner from Missouri will serve two-year term leading the national, member-led organization.
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May 17, 2024
Livestock Marketing Association Announces 2024 Scholarship Recipients
Nine students have been selected to receive $2,500 scholarships from the Livestock Marketing Association, or LMA, Scholarship Program.
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May 2, 2024
USDA’s Electronic Identification Rule
Announced on April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule, “Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle and Bison,” will require tags to be both electronic and visually readable in order to be recognized as “official identification” under the existing Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program. This will eliminate the use of metal brite tags, commonly referred to as NUES tags, and ear tags without electronic readability as “official identification” for cattle and bison covered by the ADT rule. While electronic tags will be required soon, these tags also can be read visually.
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April 2, 2024
Registration Open
Registration is open for the 2024 Annual Convention and World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, which will be held June 12-15 in Oklahoma City.
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