The Argentine Government announced mandatory electronic traceability for all livestock and will pay its cost

The system, which will leave behind manual traceability, will gradually come into effect on March 1, 2025; the devices used will be paid for by the State and international tenders will be held for this - a historic change for Argentine livestock. With a focus on trying to improve beef exports through access to more high-value markets, the Government announced today a new mandatory traceability system for cattle, buffalo and deer: the current analog and manual traceability will be left behind to make way for precise electronic individual traceability from the field to the slaughterhouses. It will gradually come into effect on March 1, 2025 with each detestation or movement of calves that is carried out. Meanwhile, by July 1, 2026 it will be mandatory for all cattle: today Argentina has a stock of about 53.5 million heads of cattle. It should be noted that, via a loan from the World Bank (WB), the Government will cover the entire change, meaning that until that last date, producers ...