National Animal Identification system
Dennis Davis neutral-NAIS because of international markets. John rebuts You're saying that the international markets shut down because we couldn't prove that our cattle and pigs were safe? If we can't prove that our animals are safe, that's the ticker tape that we have to march to? Putting an identification on an animal doesn't necessarily mean you're disease free.
This speaker, of all people, should oppose NAIS becuz not too long ago HIS people were being tagged/tracked. Amend 13 freed slaves, also prohibits forced servitude, which is what NAIS will be, people forced against their will to tag/track their own animals and pay for it, just so corporate ag gets the global market. The folks get no benefits or paycheck, but face depopulation of their animals should disease be suspected (6 mi radius/ 140 sq miles of dead healthy animals
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