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N.A.I.S.

5/20/08....SPECIAL NOTICE......In the marathon session that closed the Missouri Legislature's 2008 Session, the Missouri House passed the Missouri Senate Bill requiring that NAIS stay voluntary, allowing Missouri participants to withdraw from the program after being registered. This is a major step to ending mandatory NAIS, It goes to the governor for signature or veto. Then the fight shifts back to the US Congress to prevent NAIS preemption by the USDA.Small victories but the war continues.



They say nothing good comes from a bad beginning, so I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I am not a country boy. I was not born on a farm, and I was not raised in the country. My daddy was raised on a rock scrabble farm in the depth of the Ozarks and he hated the country. Country was nothing but memories of pain and privation for him.

So, I always wanted horses, and to live on a little farm. But, there can be no doubt that I am not a country boy.

I grew up. I went to law school. I got married, and we got horses. So, most of what I know about horses is how to use a super fork. I do, however, have more than a bit of experience raising colts, and summer show circuits. That is a world I understand.

Additionally, my cousin has been heavily into showing and training for more than a score of years. He moved to the country, but the suburbs caught him. He has a big show barn, probably the biggest in Jackson County, barrel races, rodeos, driving shows, you name it they do it.

I had lunch with him the other day, and was telling him about N.A.I.S. He gave me a look like I had gone stark mad. He just couldn't believe that the government was going to force him to register his property, tag his horses, and force him to file a report every time he took his buggy for a spin. I am not sure he believes me yet, so I have placed the Department of Agriculture's NAIS guide Click Here so all of you can read it for yourselves.

This is pretty clearly a bureaucrats wet dream. It does not reflect reality, for horse folks, live stock keepers, shepherds, or people with pet ducks. It creates a massive burden on normal folks that just want to chase a few cows, or ride their pony's to go swap lies with the neighbors. Frankly it spells the end to country life as you know it.

I think we should oppose it, Plain and Simple!


Want to know more? Do not take my word for this. Download and read the proposed N.A.I.S standards for yourself The Draft Standards

. Down load and read the proposed mandatory plan

Changes Since February 2008

Well there is now a new Draft of the NAIS Business Plan that emphasizes how voluntary all this is at the federal level. Page 55 of the Official Business plan wants 90% compliance by the end of 2009, get your copy here, Business Plan , yep that is really voluntary in my book. Just how do they intend to achieve this voluntary compliance? Remember the Missouri Department of Agriculture is in charge of obtaining compliance in Missouri.

The Division of Animal Health is working in cooperation with the USDA to implement the National Animal Identification Systems program. I quote them: The program has three main goals: premise registration, individual animal identification, and an animal movement tracking database. The goal of the complete NAIS system is to trace any animal to its premise of origin within 48 hours of a potential disease outbreak. Mo Strategic Plan 2006, P15, get your copy here, Mo Plan . I am struck by how similar this language is to the 2006 Federal Strategic Plan above.

In the law business we call this obfuscation, translates as blowing smoke. Of course Federal compliance is voluntary, but the Missouri State Department of Agriculture? Well that is a different matter. They get money from the feds and have agreed to make NAIS work.

To reach the 90% compliance mark nationally, Missouri must be brought into line, as Missouri is at the top of the heap in cow/calf pair production.

OK, here is the final kicker. Remember all that data about your herd, that they swore to make hacker proof. Well that is meaningless. The US District Court has declared that their databases are subject to freedom of information requests including the geo-spacial database data (read gps location). Oh sure they can keep your name secret but your physical location is available to the world. Yep, brother you are really secure complying with NAIS. Read the article here, Article .