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Vernon County Broadcaster
by Tim Hundt
May 2, 2007

One De Soto area farmer went so far as to say he may sue the state if it doesn’t back off on its mandatory premise ID program. "I have informed them that if my milk license is not renewed I will bring legal action," said Vernon County producer Mark Brothun.
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World Net Daily
April 28, 2007

The more people who learn about the government attempting to inventory and track the movements of every livestock animal in the country, the greater the possibility of stopping the program. Opponents are convinced that the program would do nothing to prevent a disease outbreak, whether natural or induced, nor could it actually improve the remedy process. It would just be another massive government bureaucracy to monitor every livestock owner and force them to pay the cost of Big Brother's ever-seeing eye.
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Amish farmers balk at farm ID numbers

The Associated Press
April 20, 2007

Amish dairy farmers who oppose a Wisconsin livestock identification system that takes full effect May 1 contend it’s forcing them to make a choice between their livelihood and their religion.
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David E. Gumpert-blogmaster
March 1, 2007

It’s been only a few hours since the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) made its voluntary-to-required debut in Michigan, and already a farmer is challenging its underpinnings. The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) quickly responded by quarantining his farm.
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By K.C. Jones InformationWeek
Jan 13, 2007 12:00 AM (From the January 15, 2007 issue)

startup company has developed a chipless radio frequency identification ink that it says has been successfully stamped on cattle and read from as much as 4 feet away
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By LIBBY QUAID AP Food and Farm Writer
Nov 22, 9:09 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is abandoning plans to make farmers and ranchers register their cows, pigs and chickens in a nationwide database intended to help limit disease outbreaks. Faced with widespread opposition, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday the animal tracking program should remain voluntary.
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Southeast Farm Press
Oct 31, 2006 9:59 AM

To be eligible, farmers must be a Tennessee resident and operate a farm or agri-business located in the state with at least 10 head of cattle or 50 acres of hay production. Producers with livestock must also register their premises with the National Animal Identification System.
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Peggy Steward Capital Press Staff Writer

In the letters, the WSDA offers to pay the organization $10 for each premises registration it obtains by the end of the year. Registering is free and voluntary for landowners, but participation in the program has been lagging.
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C.C. McCotter Virginia Afield

When they tried to enter their preserves to observe the operations, Henshaw and Davis were told not to enter their properties or they would be arrested again. Security provided by the VDGIF was posted at the gates of the hunting preserves to ensure this. Henshaw and Davis had to watch and listen from afar as VDACS representatives and VDGIF officers subsequently killed their hogs.
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Published: April 17, 2006, 4:00 AM PDT
By Declan McCullagh
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Published October 5, 2006 in issue 0540 of the HooK.
By LISA PROVENCE
The government calls it "depopulation," an effort to stop a potentially deadly livestock disease. But to the Henshaws and some independent farmers, what happened was a horror, an overreaction, and-- with nearly 80 hogs taken by 12-gauge shotguns-- overkill. And now the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating whether its own procedures were followed in the depopulation.
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Friday September 1, 2006
By BUD CHAMBERSStaff Reporter
More than 200 persons attended a Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance meeting Thursday night, its lead operative Judith McGeary suggesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture will develop a program that she considers “oppressive to the small farmer/rancher” in putting together a National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
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Area farmers oppose plan
Friday September 1, 2006
By Jean Laquidara Hill TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
The USDA has asked that animals wear the numbers, without specifying the means. The proposal was drafted in concert with big meat agribusinesses and high-tech companies, Ben T. Grosscup of NOFA Mass told the audience.
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August 6, 2006 Gun owners don't have to do it. Pedophiles don't have to do it. AIDS carriers don't have to do it. But, apparently, my chickens and sheep are dangerous and will be subject to constant surveillance once the National Animal Identification System becomes mandatory.
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Derry Brownfield July 6, 2006 NewsWithViews.com

The players involved in the National Identification System (NAIS) are varied. The world Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement among participating countries several years ago in Uruguay called the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) agreements. The SPS agrees that each member country can make regulations that must be met by other member countries in order to TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL GOODS with each other.
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Letter to the Editor----By Jason Page Vice President, International Texas Longhorn Assn. Kingwood, Texas Ph. 281 852 8869

A group of intercity teenagers were touring a rural farm and the owner was providing some facts of life with real on-site demonstrations. An old milk cow was used to demonstrate the origin of milk. As the farmer squeezed one of the four vertical appendages a huge white stream of milk squirted in a rainbow arc to the ground, right in front of the big eyed viewers’ feet. In shocked amazement, one boy turned ash white and fainted straight forward, flat on the ground. This young man demonstrated the early signs of becoming a Senator and creating legislation to govern rural livestock producers.
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Ron Paul, May 29, 2006

NAIS means more government, more regulations, more fees, more federal spending, less privacy, and diminished property rights. It’s exactly the kind of federal program every conservative, civil libertarian, animal lover, businessman, farmer, and rancher should oppose. The House has already acted, but there’s still time to tell the Senate to dump NAIS. Please call your Senators and tell them you oppose spending even one dime on the NAIS program in the 2007 agriculture appropriations bill. Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican, represents the 14th Congressional District of Texas, which encompasses the Gulf Coast region south and west of Houston.

The Very Few vs. Freedom

Nancy Levant May 25, 2006

I don’t know about you, but I won’t fair well under the dictates and mastership of the super-rich and pathologically arrogant. How do you think you, your children, parents, and grandparents will do in a chipped dictatorship?
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Henry Lamb Friday, May 26, 2006

Moreover, proponents claim that Wal Mart and McDonalds, the largest domestic markets, are demanding an identification program. If this is, indeed, the case, then let the market develop a program, but not one imposed by government on every farm, and farm animal, in the nation.
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KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)

Those opposed to a U.S. national animal identification system are beginning to make more noise about a plan they see as intrusive and unnecessarily costly at best and unconstitutional at worst. The animal ID system is designed to identify and allow government veterinary officials to trace animals or poultry in the event of an illness. The idea is to have a system in place so the lifetime movements of animals or birds that turn up sick or dead can be discovered to aid in disease eradication.