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  • From: Wendy <crazygardens AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] A little (or a lot) of resistance pays off
  • Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:39:41 -0800 (PST)

I think the push for this was to jump the stock for the RFID chip, insertion
and reading equipment.  I wonder which big stock holder was the driving force
behind this?  It would be interesting to find out.  If I had the time, I
would look at the sponsors of the bill that started this whole nightmare for
a lead or two.  It has already been more than "voluntary".  They have already
tied certain state funding to the development and enforcement of a state
version, so in some states, their version of NAIS is mandatory (I think
Wisconsin is one of them).  I would have no issue with chipping live animals
coming into the country, but even requiring them to be tracked across states
is too much. 
 
In PA, the "voluntary" regulations (voluntary for now, but even the PA
website I read implied that it would be made mandatory) even included 
non-food horses.  Our regulations required us to file for permission to move
the horses anytime we wanted to move them off the premises.  What a pain in
the butt.  Get permission to go on a trail ride?  Get permission for a 4H
show?  INSANE! 
 
I also own a pet potbellied pig and am on a list for people who own, train,
rescue these pigs.  The ear tags that were mandated in the mandatory states
are for full sized swine with no variation allowed for miniature pigs (you
can't microchip a pig).  Those tags are bigger than my girl's whole ear!
INSANE!
 
NAIS also applied to anyone transporting animals for show purposes.  Not too
intrusive if you show cattle, but once again the performing pig shows (mostly
pots) have had to avoid states with mandatory regulations.  INSANE
 
The concept that ONE cow started this expensive nonsense is ... well...
nonsense.  I would look at the money trail to find the real reason.
 
The reason big agribusiness got a break is obvious.  Big business always gets
a break when the Republicans are in power and the little guys are screwed. 
 
Wendy

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:


From: Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] A little (or a lot) of resistance pays off
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 2:22 PM


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>
wrote:
> So much for Bush being less "big government" and Obama being more. I
> love it when political stereotypes are demolished by reality. :)
>
> This is good news for small producers and homesteaders.

The system, as designed, was always insane (not that that alone
usually stops the feds when they have their minds' made up). It was
all based on one cow and it was intended to apply to all livestock,
even those not known to be affected by BSE. On the face of it, that's
a huge waste of money, and a huge expensive for all producers (and
probably prohibitive for small ones). To my way of thinking, for what
that's worth, not accepting downer cows at stock yards probably went a
long way in preventing the appearance of any more cows in which BSE
could be detected from appearing in the food supply. After all, unless
the science has rapidly advanced the disease can't even be detected in
cattle younger than three or four years.

Personally, I think it was part of a general trend in government to
make consumers terrified of everything.

Marie
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