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  1. Jean Keller

    The unfairness of NAIS is staggering to the small live stock farmer.
    Jean keller

    Suggested by Jean Keller on 01/27/2009 @ 12:46PM PT

  2. Nance Sparks

    If BSE is the reason for NAIS then only tag the industrialized food supplies... leave us homesteaders and family farms alone. I can not afford a $9.00 chip for a $2.00 chicken or a pig.. cow... etc.. that I am just going to butcher for my own food supply. It's not right that the government know how many animals I have on my farm. I want my privacy back!!!!!!

    Suggested by Nance Sparks on 01/26/2009 @ 10:13AM PT

  3. Tanya Hannah

    The voting box does not pop-up, so how can anyone vote?

    Suggested by Tanya Hannah on 01/20/2009 @ 07:34AM PT

  4. Daniel Miller

    I don't think very many people making comments know why NAIS came into being in the first place.  The origin was the first case of BSE that was found in the US and the just awful time the USDA had trying to figure where the cow had come from and where other members of the same herd had gone.  The same problem applies to TB which has reappeared in Michigan and California cattle herds.  These are human health problems that the USDA needs to be able to trace.  They can't do it if there is no way to individually identify the animals.
    For those who think terrorism is a possibility, what do you think is going to happen if foot-and-mouth disease or rinderpest is released into the US?  How far do you think they will spread if there is no way to track animal movements?  And frankly, bioterrorism of this kind is much easier and much more likely than the dirty bomb that has everyone quaking in their boots.

    Suggested by Daniel Miller on 01/19/2009 @ 04:51PM PT

  5. Bill Killpatrick

    As an FYI to all posting here with suggestions that include "end funding" or some variant of that theme .... One of the huge problems with NAIS is that the federal government has no plans to fund NAIS. As it stands, the legislation envisions some sort of "trade group" (e.g., American Pork Council) or consortia of trade organizations funding and managing NAIS. First, there is no such over-arching trade association. Second, these organizations are at odds with each other in that they compete for the same food dollars. As such, it's  unlikely they'd want to band together and do something deleterious to their members (e.g., implementing NAIS).

    I'm mentioning this only because it's important for folks to realize that funding isn't an issue. This is an unfunded mandate like so many other issues the feds impose on citizens with no thought to details. Further, the program is designed to benefit corporate agri-business and punish the small farmer, hobbyist or animal enthusiast, the very people dedicated to maintaining humane conditions and the genetic diversity that may be critical if some sort of animal epidemic (e.g., Avian Influenza) strikes.

    Suggested by Bill Killpatrick on 01/19/2009 @ 11:49AM PT

  6. Valerie T.

    There is a PETITION at www.r-calfusa.com . Click on animal ID.

    Suggested by Valerie T. on 01/19/2009 @ 11:36AM PT

  7. Lee Poulson

    I think if people that knowledgeable about this could call in to the Coast to Coast AM radio show it could have a great impact as they have a huge audience.The website is: http://www.coasttocoastam.comFriday night is open line night so people can bring up any subject they want.Here are the call in numbers:
    Western US: 1-800-618-8255 (toll free)
    Eastern US: 1-800-825-5033 (toll free)
    First time caller: 1-818-501-4721
    Wild Card line: 1-818-501-4109 (anyone can call)

    Suggested by Lee Poulson on 01/19/2009 @ 10:10AM PT

  8. Elizabeth Dawsari

    A first step to reduce funding for and eliminate NAIS is to delete horses and other equines entirely from the program. Equines are not part of the USA food chain. In fact, consumption of horse meat is detrimental to humans and companion animals due to equine deworming programs. A second step to reduce funding for and eliminate NAIS is to place all burden for tracking livestock on individual state livestock departments. If any new national cooperative mechanisms are deemed necessary, responsibility for determining applicable local programs should rest with the states. Maintaining a national database based on data received from the states is as close as the USDA should come to any NAIS-type program. Levying fees and any non-compliance fines implies legislation, which should occur only on a state level, not as part of a national platform.

    Suggested by Elizabeth Dawsari on 01/18/2009 @ 07:06AM PT

  9. Barbara Steever

    NAIS as it has been proposed is a change that this country doesn't need or want. NAIS should only apply to businesses that trade internationally.  If NAIS exempted personally owned livestock kept on private property, the problems faced by those unwilling to "volunteer" would dissipate.
    Stop coerced registration of farms!
     

    Suggested by Barbara Steever on 01/17/2009 @ 03:50PM PT

  10. Lisa Chiapero

    NAIS should be presented to the President Elect Obama ANY way.
    It is too bad it was less important than other things, as this really COULD be the end of it for our food supply. 
    Can we do a petittion and send it to the right people?
    I keep a small flock of chickens, and I know that if this passes I could not afford to keep them.  I don't want to butcher them, I keep them for eggs. and they're too small to lay eggs at the moment. PETITTION!!!

    Suggested by Lisa Chiapero on 01/17/2009 @ 03:45PM PT

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