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Subject: [naisfromtheshorsesmouth] Legislature debates animal ID program
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Legislature debates animal ID program
by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) - 1/22/2008
Keep it voluntary. That’s the message cattle producers and landowners
are encouraged to send about "premise" and animal identification
programs.
A bill, LB 632, is on the calendar this week at the Legislature. It
would allow land and livestock owners to opt out of the "Locate in 48"
program if they have already joined, as well as similar programs.
The Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska urge land and livestock owners to
contact their state senators now.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has repeatedly stated that the
national animal identification program is “voluntary at the federal
level”, yet the Nebraska Department of Agriculture wants to achieve
full participation in the "Locate in 48" program by 2009, ICON stated.
The state department of agriculture has received money from the USDA to
implement the ID program.
The bill, LB 632, does not infringe on people’s right to participate in
NAIS, but "simply prohibits the state from telling people that they
have to participate", ICON says.
ICON is concerned that costs will mount in the new program, and also
that the identification stops at the packing plant. Therefore, it does
nothing to increase information about the animal or the meat from that
point on.
Registration contains business information, which could be public
because data will be maintained in state, regional and private company
databases. And, ICON said the program could be especially hard on small
producers.
“The potential cost of participation in NAIS will burden producers to
the extent that some will abandon farming and ranching, impacting
related businesses such as feed stores, auction barns, livestock supply
stores, implement dealers and the real estate market,” ICON said.
Overall, ICON is not opposed to identifying animals, but is concerned
about the proposed "national animal identification system."
“We have been doing it (identifying animals) for generations,” ICON
stated Tuesday. “The government and the livestock industry already have
systems in place for tracking animals."
The North Platte Bulletin - Published 1/22/2008
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Sent: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 5:31 am
Subject: [naisfromtheshorsesmouth] Legislature debates animal ID program
http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.a...32&pageID=3
Legislature debates animal ID program
by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) - 1/22/2008
Keep it voluntary. That’s the message cattle producers and landowners
are encouraged to send about "premise" and animal identification
programs.
A bill, LB 632, is on the calendar this week at the Legislature. It
would allow land and livestock owners to opt out of the "Locate in 48"
program if they have already joined, as well as similar programs.
The Independent Cattlemen of Nebraska urge land and livestock owners to
contact their state senators now.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has repeatedly stated that the
national animal identification program is “voluntary at the federal
level”, yet the Nebraska Department of Agriculture wants to achieve
full participation in the "Locate in 48" program by 2009, ICON stated.
The state department of agriculture has received money from the USDA to
implement the ID program.
The bill, LB 632, does not infringe on people’s right to participate in
NAIS, but "simply prohibits the state from telling people that they
have to participate", ICON says.
ICON is concerned that costs will mount in the new program, and also
that the identification stops at the packing plant. Therefore, it does
nothing to increase information about the animal or the meat from that
point on.
Registration contains business information, which could be public
because data will be maintained in state, regional and private company
databases. And, ICON said the program could be especially hard on small
producers.
“The potential cost of participation in NAIS will burden producers to
the extent that some will abandon farming and ranching, impacting
related businesses such as feed stores, auction barns, livestock supply
stores, implement dealers and the real estate market,” ICON said.
Overall, ICON is not opposed to identifying animals, but is concerned
about the proposed "national animal identification system."
“We have been doing it (identifying animals) for generations,” ICON
stated Tuesday. “The government and the livestock industry already have
systems in place for tracking animals."
The North Platte Bulletin - Published 1/22/2008
