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Animal ID - NAIS
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...
ID widens the gap
Some thought country-of-origin labeling (COOL) would spur the adoption of individual animal ID in the beef cattle business. Depending on how you read...
Illinois requires premises ID
Premises ID numbers will be required to exhibit livestock at Illinois state, county, 4-H and FFA fairs beginning in 2008, the Illinois Department of Agriculture says...
2008 RFID Survey
It's been five years since BEEF magazine and Kansas State University (KSU) teamed up to deliver the industry's first survey of firms offering radio-frequency ID (RFID) technology for cattle-industry application...
Read THIS
Even before electronic cattle ID has become the rule rather than the exception, plenty of ID equipment purchased by well-meaning producers has already been relegated to paperweight status...
Michigan EID milestone
Michigan Department of Ag (MDA) Director Don Koivisto says Michigan cattle producers have purchased more than 1 million electronic ID (EID) tags. Michigan...
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...
A Chat With USDA's Bruce Knight About National ID
BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly chatted this week with with Bruce Knight, USDA undersecretary for marketing, on National Animal Identification System (NAIS) issues. Here's a bit of the give and take. ...
ID surveyed
More than 85% of those completing an informal survey at the recent ID-INFO EXPO 2007 believe the U.S. is falling behind other developed countries in animal...
Angus Announces Alliances
August was a big month for announcements from the American Angus Association (AAA). The world's largest cattle registry announced the following: AAA's...
NAIS Business Plan Coming
USDA's effort to register America's livestock premises is picking up momentum, says Bruce Knight, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs....
State Fair Fiasco Story Just Keeps Giving & Giving
I'm amazed at how vehement the vocal minority can be on some issues. It seems the debate over the Colorado State Fair (CSF) disqualifications has taken yet another shift ("Colorado State Fair Fiasco Tops This Week's Bloopers," Aug. 31 BEEF Cow-Calf Weekly). ...
K-State Establishes Animal ID Center
Animal ID is front of mind for many producers, and in an effort to help cattlemen stay up with the technology, Kansas State University (KSU) has established the Center for Animal Identification...
Animal Disease Control "Biggest Need"
More than 85% of those completing an informal survey at the recent ID-INFO EXPO 2007 believe the U.S. isn't keeping pace with other developed countries regarding animal traceability...
More On The Colorado State Fair ID Fiasco
I'm writing in response to Troy Marshall's Sept. 7 article, "Follow-Up On The Colorado State Fair's Great Blunder." Marshall asserts that "The rules were legitimate, they were clearly understood, and they were intentionally broken, after which they simply were not enforced...
Colorado State Fair Fiasco Tops This Week's Bloopers
I've heard it said many times that the problem with any youth program is the parents. To that we might add: "and those who are in charge of enforcing the rules but refuse to do it."...
Alliance Numbers Grow - Consolidate
Consumer-based programs listed in the BEEF Alliance Yellow Pages reflect the overall evolution of industry structure. While the numbers flowing through...
2007 alliance yellow pages
2007 marks BEEF magazine's 10th annual listing of industry alliances. Categorized by consumer-based programs, where the focus is on finding, feeding and marketing cattle according to predefined consumer product specifications...
It All Began With An ID Tag
We began with the great unknown and a question -- what really is our end-product in this process we call ranching? Our family views raising commercial cattle as a handiwork but ...
NAIS pilot projects report
USDA's final report on National Animal Identification System (NAIS) pilot projects conducted throughout 2004 says the retention rate of the button-like...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
