If you thought toilet paper was a strange thing to hoard during these uncertain times, how about ear tags?
Supply shortages are affecting the availability of identification ear tags cattle producers need for commercial cattle production and marketing in Canada.
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The problem isn’t that there are none to be had, just that suppliers are having a hard time keeping up to the demand, which has resulted in delivery delays.
Part of the reason is — you guessed it — hoarding.
Anne Brunet-Burgess, general manager of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency, spoke to Canadian Cattlemen editor Lisa Guenther about the issue on the sidelines of this week’s Canadian Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting in Ottawa.
