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Animal ID - NAIS
Congress Gives Less To National Animal ID
A conference committee in Congress has decided to fund the controversial National Animal Identification System for another year to the tune of $5.3 million....
NAIS suit
U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer in Washington, D.C., dismissed a civil suit filed by the Farm-To-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and a group of Michigan cattlemen against USDA and the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) over the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)...
ID tracing
Korea and ID Following the imposition of a beef tracing system for domestically produced beef that became effective June 22, South Korea says it intends...
Put up or shut up
The U.S. beef cattle and livestock industries need standardized national animal identification. Forget the emotion and misinformation surrounding USDA's...
What’s A Feed Tag Telling You?
When looking at a feed tag, there is some information that is mandated by law that the feed manufacturer has to provide on a feed tag. ...
Adding Value Still Pays
Cow-calf producers can be more than price takers. That's true even as currently tight cattle numbers lift the price floor, while anemic beef demand squeezes...
Federal livestock-ID Proposal Riles Producers
How deeply do you care where that hamburger was before it reached your plate? ...
Team Studies Effects of NAIS on Livestock Industry
If the U.S. beef industry could return to the level of beef exports that were in place before 2003, the proposed animal identification system could be fully paid for. ...
Cattle Ranchers Speak Out Against NAIS
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is holding what it calls listening hearings on a proposed animal identification system. ...
USDA Launches NAIS Feedback
In an effort to facilitate the dialog regarding the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), USDA has launched a feedback page on the NAIS website...
Vets support NAIS
Making the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandatory would allow for the quick control of diseases entering the food supply, W. Ron DeHaven,...
USDA opens to input on livestock ID system
A controversial federal plan to track livestock from birth to butcher shop needs more input from the people it intends to regulate, new U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. ...
AVMA Urges Congress To Adopt Mandatory NAIS
Making the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandatory would allow for the quick control of diseases entering the food supply...
USDA Requests Comments on Proposed NAIS Rules
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently released a proposed rule regarding official animal identification (ID) numbering systems. ...
Calls for Obama to Stop US Animal Identification Rule
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund called on the new administration to permanently halt a U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rule that would effectively mandate the implementation of the first two stages of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) for thousands of Americans. ...
Setting The RFID Standard
Not much riles up South Dakota cattle rancher Jeff Ebersdorfer, but ask about country-of-origin labeling (COOL) and he's ready to tell you a thing or...
2009 RFID Survey
BEEF magazine is again proud to team up with Kansas State University (KSU) to deliver the industry's most complete survey of firms offering radio-frequency...
Mexican cattlemen launch ID system
The Union Ganadera Regional de Chihuahua (UGRCH), or the Chihuahua Cattlemen's Association, recently embarked on an aggressive, Internet-based cattle...
R-CALF Protest 'Unvoluntary' NAIS Memorandum
The letter was sent to the United States Department of Agriculture APHIS. Also receiving the formal letter were Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., who chairs the House Agriculture Committee...
USDA Gives American Cattle Prefix for NA
On Sept. 18, 2008, the USDA announced that the prefix “840” for animal identification numbers will be reserved exclusively for animals born in the United States. ...
For better or worse
Earlier this year, despite the steady and alarming rise in the cost of food and fuel hitting their clientele, America's food retailers were optimistic....
ID Feedback
Because cow-calf producers are the first player in the beef-supply chain, their priorities and concerns in the design of a national, individual animal...
And Nebraska makes 10
Nebraska is the 10th state to register at least 50% of its livestock premises under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Meanwhile, USDA's...
New NAIS partner
The National Cattlemen's Foundation (NCF) is partnering with USDA to promote premises registration. Consisting of a record of basic information such as...
BEEF Chat: Touching Base
Bruce Knight comments on the National Animal Identification System.
Q: As of Nov. 5, signups of premises under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) were at 423,781, or about...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
