650 WHO IS BEHIND THE NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM?

[michaelo]

In keeping with the recent trend to make all things safe for all people, the federal government has established a voluntary National Animal Identification System (NAIS) to register and track every farm animal, that is, every farm animal, from birth to death.

The stated purpose of NAIS is to facilitate a rapid response to emergency situations like the outbreak of a disease among animal populations. But many now believe there is another, more sinister objective in registering and tracking all farm animals. What could possibly worry them about a voluntary government program?

One thing that might trouble them is the “voluntary” nature of the program. Proponents of NAIS were recently heard pleading for the voluntary program to be changed to a mandatory program, which would mean everyone in the United States with one or more farm animals would have to register their animals, their property and themselves.

Another thing that might trouble them is the cost of NAIS. Whereas industrial operations would be able to register vast groupings of animals with one tag, small farmers and hobbyists would be forced to register each and every animal with a different tag. When NAIS becomes mandatory, any failure to report and tag an animal subjects the owner to a fine of $1,000 per day.

NAIS also forces owners to comply with new paperwork and monitoring regulations. Every owner of farm animals will have to track the movements of their animals on and off the farm. NAIS will also empower federal agents to enter and seize private property without a warrant.

The skeptics of NAIS lead us to ask…

Who is behind the National Animal Identification System?

[honeybearranch]

Who is behind NAIS? Could it be agribusinesses and the folks who manufacture the chips and readers? If NAIS becomes manditory, it will put small farmers out of business. I sure would like to see the enforcers try to chip a guinea. It would almost be worth the $1000 fine! Sadly, it's the small farmers who provide food for the "eat local" movement. Are we that big of a threat to agribusiness? Apparently so.

[GhostTown]

Businesses and so-called large producers aren't to blame on this one. Particularly in the case of cattle. Group lot identification is not going to be allowed on any cattle. This means that, whether you own 20 cows or 2000 cows, you will be expected to put a $3 in each and every ear. Furthermore, you will be responsible for reporting where each and every one of these animals have been and where they are going. As you can imagine, the cost alone of supporting something like this has most large livestock businesses crying foul.

I don't know where the idea got started that large producers were in favor of this idea. In my opinion, it is complete fallacy. Make no mistake, it is big government that is ramming this one down our throats. Producers, large and small, need to stand united against this opponet. We cannot afford to fight amongst ourselves in the face of this affront to out private rights.

[LEE]

The NAIS can be traced back to several sources, all these sources are related in that they converge and are all responsible for where we are now.
The NAIS can be traced back to the "Symposium on 1994"(google that and Nancy Robinson along with NLIS) you will find one of the major pushers in the beginning to the present is ....are you ready?...the Farm Bureau!

Yes the farm bureau! thats one of the dirty little secrets they dont want you to know,they DO NOT represent farmers, they represent themselves and their bank accounts, farmers be danged! Look it up study it, the info is out there.

The next culprit is NIAA The National Institute for Animal Agriculture formerly of Bowling Green KY now in Colorado. They are basicly a front group for a whos who in the corporate world! Their members include Cargill ADM, Archer Daniels and MONSANTO tag and chip makers, as well as McDonalds who is a major advocate for NAIS and is insisting farmers be forced to comply. Monsanto of course is the understood nemisis of farming and works very hard promoting this and other draconian ideas that damage farmers! There are many others,far too many to list.

Another player in all this is the UN and the Codex regulations, these are aimed at making America become vanilla and blend all nations into a common set of standards and methods,of course the WHO is also a major player, for health reasons (of course) and then there is our own govt, in the form of USDA/FDA who are spending our tax money to bribe and buy state ag depts and tribal councils to impose some form of this NAIS on their people,like Wisconsin and several others where it is already the law as to premise ID, the first stage of NAIS. Dont believe it, read the text of HR 2749,itll make your hair stand up because as I said years ago they plan to extend NAIS to your garden and by gum they will, IF we dont stop them, it passed the house and in now in the senate so get after your senators and work in your own state with others to get your state to outlaw this madness!

Finally there are breed registries and so-called farm groups like 4-H and Farm Bureau and FFA and many fairs and shows who in many cases now require premise Id and other such nonsense for kids to participate in shows and such, all of this can be documented,I have been fighting NAIS for years and work with several groups of people who are activly fighting this unconstitutional mandate all acrossed this nation,and there are others who are alot smarter than I am doing much more to keep farmers free to farm in the face of this globalist form of fascism! There is a snapshot of the birth of NAIS. Go to nonais.org to learn more and tell your friends and neighbors whats going on so we can stop this! Thank you! Lee

[qbarfarm]

My opinion is that the government needs to be fair about this. If they expect to track every animal, they should also track every egg, every tomato, every kernel of corn or wheat. Let's face it, they don't track the Corn and Soybean meal, I had animals die from eating bad feed made from it, and the FDA can't do anything about it. So I think they need to track everything. One problem with the tracking of livestock is the animals can lose their tags. I consider it inhumane to put a tag in a pig, it just gives his pen mates something to rip out of his ear later. But the Government wants to have a visual ID.
The bigger the company, the more "exempt" they become, through lobbies, so they can continue to do business as usual, while we livestock farmers are put under a microscope. An animal is bigger than a kernel of corn, more obvious but no more deadly if there is something wrong with it.
Most people, even Farmers, think the Government is checking in on the food, the reality is, when there is a problem, it will kill people or animals first, then they come to find out why.
They just need to put stiffer penalties on farmers if the food they produce causes a problem. That would eliminate the "Garbage" farmers.