ATTENTION PA FOLKS, and anyone else interested, Art Hershey is the House Ag chairman in PA. He has a lot of say as to whether SB 865, (which is now in his committee) lives or dies. Please write to him and express your opposition to this “enabling” bill for NAIS/Primise ID in PA. Please be nice, it is my understanding that he is sympathetic to our ( Read more... )

The American Horse Council (AHC) will be having a meeting to address the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) from 8:45 am to 4 pm on Monday, September 25th, 2006 at the Marriott Austin Airport South, 4415 South IH-35, Austin, TX.

http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/08/15/ahc-nais-meeting-92506/

News - walterj 1:44 pm

The USDA and state agriculture departments have made a point that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is about livestock. Maybe for now but in Florida the USDA is trying to tell people what to do with their domestic cats. How long until they include all pets in NAIS? By focusing now on just farmers they slip ( Read more... )

MO NIAA Protest 8/23/06

Action Item - walterj 11:06 am

From Doreen:

On August 23rd in Kansas City Missouri, the NIAA will be having USDA Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns giving the keynote address at their 2006 ID EXPO at the Crown Westin Plaza. Also on that day Dr. Mary Zanoni will be participating in a panel discussion representing those ( Read more... )