Comments on: NH Tracking Farm GPS http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/ Protect our traditional rights to farm Thu, 17 May 2012 03:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Sue F http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4266 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:38:54 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4266 Backyard, I've had the FBI knock on my door asking questions. Since I've had a small red helicopter pass over on a daily basis. Nobody I know at the local little airport has one. Coming out of the west. Wrong direction for the close local airports anyway. Sometimes I get the distinct feeling I'm being watched. The resident fox pair doesn't raise the hair on the back of my neck. Anyway I kind feel sorry for whoever has this surveilence detail. Going to be pretty bored. I can see his notes now... Changed the duck pool water Dumped some manure on a pile out back Weeded around the onions weeded around the tomatos raked a bit of dirt over the potatos trimmed a few hooves raked out the chicken pen hung some laundry on the line and it repeats over and over and over Hope he/she has lots of bug spray. Skeeters are thick this year. Backyard,
I’ve had the FBI knock on my door asking questions.

Since I’ve had a small red helicopter pass over on a daily basis. Nobody I know at the local little airport has one. Coming out of the west. Wrong direction for the close local airports anyway.

Sometimes I get the distinct feeling I’m being watched. The resident fox pair doesn’t raise the hair on the back of my neck. Anyway I kind feel sorry for whoever has this surveilence detail. Going to be pretty bored. I can see his notes now…
Changed the duck pool water
Dumped some manure on a pile out back
Weeded around the onions
weeded around the tomatos
raked a bit of dirt over the potatos
trimmed a few hooves
raked out the chicken pen
hung some laundry on the line
and it repeats over and over and over
Hope he/she has lots of bug spray. Skeeters are thick this year.

]]> by: Backyard Gardener http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4100 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:28:20 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4100 We live in a subdivision on less than an acre, but have turned the entire backyard in to a vegetable and fruit garden. We sold some extras at a few farmer's markets. We received a survey with my maiden name (been married 6 years)under the name we used for our market booth on the farmer's market website and on Local Harvest! The only way I can think of them connecting my maiden name is on the electric bill. Last year, when we had our tomato seedlings under shop lights in the garage, we actually had almost daily fly-overs. All the neighbors noticed it so it wasn't just us being paranoid. We live in a subdivision on less than an acre, but have turned the entire backyard in to a vegetable and fruit garden. We sold some extras at a few farmer’s markets. We received a survey with my maiden name (been married 6 years)under the name we used for our market booth on the farmer’s market website and on Local Harvest! The only way I can think of them connecting my maiden name is on the electric bill. Last year, when we had our tomato seedlings under shop lights in the garage, we actually had almost daily fly-overs. All the neighbors noticed it so it wasn’t just us being paranoid.

]]> by: Sue F http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4051 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:57:57 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4051 Pet goats, brush clearing goats, goats just hanging around? CHAPTER 15 HB 1283 – FINAL VERSION 2006 SESSION 06-2152 10/01 HOUSE BILL 1283 AN ACT relative to sheep and goat identification requirements. Approved: March 23, 2006 Effective: May 22, 2006 <a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2006/HB1283.html">link</a> NH Dept. of AG is still not publishing any NAIS meetings but apparently is working very hard towards it. Pet goats, brush clearing goats, goats just hanging around?

CHAPTER 15

HB 1283 – FINAL VERSION

2006 SESSION

06-2152

10/01

HOUSE BILL 1283

AN ACT relative to sheep and goat identification requirements.

Approved: March 23, 2006

Effective: May 22, 2006

link

NH Dept. of AG is still not publishing any NAIS meetings but apparently is working very hard towards it.

]]> by: LEE http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4037 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:51:36 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4037 Sid,I'm not sure what happened but I take it that you did a TV spot and they screwed you over,correct? Well if thats the case just hold your head up and move forward,I've done a few radio spots and it can be a bit intimidating,but we're dealing with people who for the most part live life in 30 sec. spots ,like was said above ,most folks won't even try to do that so pat yourself on the back and keep going,we all need you and everyone else out there that is doing what they can,together each small action becomes a tidalwave against this NAIS,we are beginning to be heard,but it takes time,have a great day! Sid,I’m not sure what happened but I take it that you did a TV spot and they screwed you over,correct? Well if thats the case just hold your head up and move forward,I’ve done a few radio spots and it can be a bit intimidating,but we’re dealing with people who for the most part live life in 30 sec. spots ,like was said above ,most folks won’t even try to do that so pat yourself on the back and keep going,we all need you and everyone else out there that is doing what they can,together each small action becomes a tidalwave against this NAIS,we are beginning to be heard,but it takes time,have a great day!

]]> by: Podchef http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4026 Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:12:12 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4026 If they are mailing the questionaire to people, then they can't expect to actually get them back. The only way to back them up is with a phone call or visit. I would think that the form--I haven't recieved one yet (what is it about the goaty people that have been so harrassed?)--needs to state that there is a penalty for not filling it out, if there is some such penalty. If it does state that, then it's time to lawyer up. If not, then send them back those NONAIS flyers--great idea! When they get back to you, read THEM the riot act, start asking them the questions. Walter is right, the USDA needs to let sleeping dogs lay on this one--once woken we'll be a mighty ferocious pack. If they are mailing the questionaire to people, then they can’t expect to actually get them back. The only way to back them up is with a phone call or visit.

I would think that the form–I haven’t recieved one yet (what is it about the goaty people that have been so harrassed?)–needs to state that there is a penalty for not filling it out, if there is some such penalty. If it does state that, then it’s time to lawyer up.

If not, then send them back those NONAIS flyers–great idea! When they get back to you, read THEM the riot act, start asking them the questions.

Walter is right, the USDA needs to let sleeping dogs lay on this one–once woken we’ll be a mighty ferocious pack.

]]> by: Donna http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4011 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:45:07 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4011 Two years ago we received a USDA Agricultural Census. It had listings for every type of regular farm animal, exotics, fish, poultry, and I think even dogs. They wanted breed, breeding stock, numbers, registry, intended use, on and on. A $100 fine was to be imposed if the form was not completed and returned. We didn't fill it out. A couple of months after the deadline another, identical census was sent. We ignored that one, too. We began getting messages on our voice mail from someone at North Dakota State University saying we needed to send in the census immediately. Finally, I talked with woman who sounded very authoritarian. She wanted to know, "Do I need to send a team over there to get that census?" My husband then got on line with her and informed her that since we are registered with no farm programs and receive no subsidies for our operation, it wasn't necessary for us to participate in a USDA survey. We still receive our annual "MUST REPORT all acreage uses to USDA" appointment each June. We tell them every year, "We don't receive money from the USDA so...we really aren't obliged to report anything at all about what we do on our acreage." No doubt our premise is already GPS registered as 'trouble makers'. It doesn't take much to become visible to those who can't seem to figure out how to work for a living and are burdened with way too much time on their hands . Two years ago we received a USDA Agricultural Census. It had listings for every type of regular farm animal, exotics, fish, poultry, and I think even dogs.

They wanted breed, breeding stock, numbers, registry, intended use, on and on. A $100 fine was to be imposed if the form was not completed and returned.

We didn’t fill it out. A couple of months after the deadline another, identical census was sent. We ignored that one, too.

We began getting messages on our voice mail from someone at North Dakota State University saying we needed to send in the census immediately.

Finally, I talked with woman who sounded very authoritarian. She wanted to know, “Do I need to send a team over there to get that census?”

My husband then got on line with her and informed her that since we are registered with no farm programs and receive no subsidies for our operation, it wasn’t necessary for us to participate in a USDA survey.

We still receive our annual “MUST REPORT all acreage uses to USDA” appointment each June. We tell them every year, “We don’t receive money from the USDA so…we really aren’t obliged to report anything at all about what we do on our acreage.”

No doubt our premise is already GPS registered as ‘trouble makers’. It doesn’t take much to become visible to those who can’t seem to figure out how to work for a living and are burdened with way too much time on their hands .

]]> by: Bkeepr http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4010 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:56:10 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4010 I sent a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to USDA for all instances where my name or home is recorded in USDA databases. By law, they must respond. So far, the FOIA office officially aknowledged my request, and said they were searching the databases and would respond in accordance with the law. I figure, if enough of us do the same thing, they won't have time to mess with NAIS. Oh, and if it turns out they have me in an NAIS database, then I will demand to be deleted from their voluntary database. Tom A I sent a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to USDA for all instances where my name or home is recorded in USDA databases. By law, they must respond. So far, the FOIA office officially aknowledged my request, and said they were searching the databases and would respond in accordance with the law. I figure, if enough of us do the same thing, they won’t have time to mess with NAIS. Oh, and if it turns out they have me in an NAIS database, then I will demand to be deleted from their voluntary database.

Tom A

]]> by: sid sargent http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4007 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:35:27 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4007 I blew it: Hi Sid, The report was very superficial and misleading. Introduced as something the government wants to do to protect us from mad cow disease, we are steered toward believing it is a good thing. Then they show the cow man who is clueless, but compliant. You are shown to be emotional (so not rational, of course) and the quote of yours they ran made you seem like a rebel and really wasn't helpful. It was not as awful as you thought, but certainly they could have given you a better spot. I still say shame on them. I forget since I never watch it how worthless tv news really is. How can they begin to present something in thirty seconds that will have any substance....even if they were to do a decent job of it? That anchorman always looks like he is on the verge of being drunk to me and totally goofy. Sheesh. I hope you woke up this morning feeling better. You took a huge risk and got burned and not many people would have even cared enough to stick their neck out. I am proud of you, but most of all I love you dearly and hate to see you hurting. I'm glad you called last night. This shit is no fun. Hope the rodeo is fun. Lots of hugs, Dell I blew it:
Hi Sid,

The report was very superficial and misleading. Introduced as something the government wants to do to protect us from mad cow disease, we are steered toward believing it is a good thing. Then they show the cow man who is clueless, but compliant. You are shown to be emotional (so not rational, of course) and the quote of yours they ran made you seem like a rebel and really wasn’t helpful. It was not as awful as you thought, but certainly they could have given you a better spot. I still say shame on them.

I forget since I never watch it how worthless tv news really is. How can they begin to present something in thirty seconds that will have any substance….even if they were to do a decent job of it? That anchorman always looks like he is on the verge of being drunk to me and totally goofy. Sheesh.

I hope you woke up this morning feeling better. You took a huge risk and got burned and not many people would have even cared enough to stick their neck out. I am proud of you, but most of all I love you dearly and hate to see you hurting. I’m glad you called last night. This shit is no fun. Hope the rodeo is fun.

Lots of hugs,
Dell

]]> by: Celeste http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4003 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:34:25 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4003 Don't forget your handy-dandy Public Servant Questionaire (in the tech doc section)ready to go when these folks come a knocking. Be *creative*. They are. I will be voluntarily and *creatively* administering these public servants questionaires myself, with great delight. I have a plan We will be speaking with the Weston Price folks on Tuesday night and I was speaking with the lady who runs the organization who mentioned up north of us they are asking folks if they can put some sort of GPS device on their place. BEWARE! Don’t forget your handy-dandy Public Servant Questionaire (in the tech doc section)ready to go when these folks come a knocking. Be *creative*. They are. I will be voluntarily and *creatively* administering these public servants questionaires myself, with great delight. I have a plan

We will be speaking with the Weston Price folks on Tuesday night and I was speaking with the lady who runs the organization who mentioned up north of us they are asking folks if they can put some sort of GPS device on their place. BEWARE!

]]> by: Celeste http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4001 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:21:04 +0000 http://NoNAIS.org/2006/06/09/nh-tracking-farm-gps/#comment-4001 Geeez...I hate to be the damper.. There are consequences for not filling those (errrr.)forms out. Really evaluate the costs before action. OMB ESTIMATE: P.L. 106-279 allows the State Department to collect fees to cover its costs of administering the Act. The fees will be deposited in State Department accounts but cannot be spent without appropriations action. OMB estimates that the State Department will collect $5 million in fees annually. The Act also establishes new federal crimes relating to the provision of international adoption services. Violators of these crimes will be subject to criminal and civil penalties, including fines. OMB expects these fines to have an insignificant effect on federal receipts. Geeez…I hate to be the damper..

There are consequences for not filling those (errrr.)forms out. Really evaluate the costs before action.

OMB ESTIMATE: P.L. 106-279 allows the State Department to collect fees to cover its costs of administering the Act. The fees will be deposited in State Department accounts but cannot be spent without appropriations action. OMB estimates that the State Department will collect $5 million in fees annually. The Act also establishes new federal crimes relating to the provision of international adoption services. Violators of these crimes will be subject to criminal and civil penalties, including fines. OMB expects these fines to have an insignificant effect on federal receipts.

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