This seemingly innocuous move

Wrong. It is everything but innocuous. This is the government overreaching into agriculture to monitor how much live stock there is. Amazingly, if there's too big a herd, a magic lightning bolt will strike, burning large herds of cattle to death.

But then, I'm just a right wing conspiracy theorist.

Isn't it great how these unelected bodies can just make shit up and we have to obey them or go to jail?

Interested in specifics. What about a farmer with 3 cows? Who does the inspections to find the tags?

Its been for deer a few years now, until they are released