Thought y'all might be interested in this.
Ranching is plenty of work without this. One breached fence or a few wandering calves and you'd be in for a mountain of paperwork at best. It might work for feedlot operations, but not open range.
Most "voluntary" programs end up being mandatory, 'cause they'd have to find something for the new hire bureaucrats to do...
Someone was joking about the USDA tracking every calf, and the USBP/INS/ICE having trouble tracking illegals-- maybe they should give them each a calf...