http://NoNAIS.org Protect our traditional rights to farm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:08:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Minnesota officials don't think much of farmers... Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson and State Veterinarian Dr. Bill Hartmann sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking him ... to end "a bogged-down debate" about if NAIS should be implemented and focus instead on practical issues related to the ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/07/03/mn-officials-urge-usda-to-stop-listening/ Monday morning on July 6th USDA Secretary Vilsack will be in Concord, NH to meet with local farmers and other people. He'll be visiting a local farm and holding a "town hall forum" in the at a nearby orchard. If you're in the NH area this is a chance to ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/07/02/vilsack-in-nh-july-2009/ As a last ditch effort to hear favorable comments on NAIS the USDA scheduled an extra, special, session in Omaha, Nebraska, home of Big Beef. What they got was scorching heat from farmers and ranchers who don't want the government telling them what to do as reported by Art Hovey ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/07/01/nais-scorched-in-nebraska/ Use the comments of this post during this month if you have things you would like to bring to people's attention and are not sure where else to post them. I'll make a new Bulletin Board each month for free posting. Have at it, communicate and keep up the good fight! Cheers, -WalterJ http://NoNAIS.org/2009/07/01/bulletin-board-200906/ Direct from the Congress Critters: National Animal Identification System.--The Committee recommendation eliminates funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). After receiving $142,000,000 in funding since fiscal year 2004, APHIS has yet to put into operation an effective national system that would provide needed animal health and livestock market benefits. The ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/30/congress-dings-nais-for-2010/ Today is the last scheduled USDA listening session for their proposed mandatory National Animal Identification System (NAIS): June 30 Embassy Suites Omaha – LaVista 12520 Westport Parkway La Vista, NE 68128 I have not yet found the times. 8 am registration? Be early, bring a book. Stakeholders may pre-register for a session here NAISSessions@aphis.usda.gov. Comments ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/30/reminder-last-nais-listening-session-today-63009/ There was a time when the cattle industry, specifically the exporters, were pushing hard for the USDA's proposed mandatory National Animal Identification System (NAIS). R-Calf was an exception with their strong opposition to NAIS. Then other cattle groups have gradually fallen away from supporting NAIS. Now, as shown in the ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/29/mn-cattleman-want-nais-stopped/ Erik Eckholm has an article in the NY Times regarding the uproar that has resulted from the listening sessions regarding the USDA's proposed mandatory National Animal Identification System (NAIS). In it the USDA blames the uproar on miss-information by you know who: "Among all the different types of livestock, cattle have ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/27/ny-times-on-nais/ Oklahoma is now mandating Premises ID for anyone wanting participate in the Swine Shows. One more tricky little way that they make "voluntary" into mandatory. Participants in swine shows and exhibits will be required to have an official premise identification card issued by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/25/ok-mandates-swine-premises-id/ by Darol Dickinson 6-22-09 Were the UDA sessions designed to decoy livestock and land owners from the real issues? Opposition to NAIS in the USDA listening sessions is over 95% against it. The violent hate displayed toward USDA is almost unbelievable? What has the USDA done to make the world's ... http://NoNAIS.org/2009/06/24/slavery-or-civil-rights/