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The Right Swine Tag- How do you know what to buy How do you know the right swine ear tag to purchase? If you are participating in Shows, fairs or interstate commerce, you will need to use the Official 840 USDA tag type in either the EID tag version or the visual tag version. If you are raising Hogs for meat market sales, you will need the Official PIN ear tag.  With attempts to continually monitor animal traceability, many states are now requiring swine to be tagged with official, federally recognized ear tags for interstate transport. In order to be...