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All Tagged Up
Michigan made history last month when it became the first state requiring electronic ID tags on all cattle moving off the farm in commerce...
Real-world realities
While some rejoiced at the news, other folks were disappointed with USDA's announcement last fall that the National Animal Identification System would...
Michigan Mandatory RFID Program Goes Well
Michigan's mandatory electronic-ID program for cattle went into effect March 1, and the nation's first statewide, comprehensive, electronic, animal-health tracking system for cattle ...
National ID, What National ID?
Last week, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns urged cattlemen in Nashville to help make a voluntary National Animal Identification System (NAIS) work. But despite USDA's rhetoric...
Carrots not sticks
USDA's December announcement about the permanent voluntary status — on the federal level at least — of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) didn't signal the death of the program...
Wisconsin leads in premises ID
As of Dec. 26, eight states have registered at least 50% of their total livestock premises under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)...
Massachusetts, Virginia Bills Look To Undercut NAIS
VeriPrime Introduces Farm-To-Fork Traceability
Wisconsin Is National Leader In Premises Registration
National Animal ID System Pays Off During Blizzard
NAIS 2006 Year-End Report
National ID is dead
If you've been against a national animal ID program for animal-health purposes, rejoice. Your dream has come true. If you've been for national ID but...
R-CALF to the rescue
USDA's announcement to forever retain the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) as a voluntary program at the federal level wasn't a big surprise....
Minnesotans Registering Their Premises At 26% Clip
Minnesotans Registering Their Premises At 26% Clip
R-CALF Quick To Take Credit For Voluntary NAIS
USDA Reaffirms Voluntary NAIS; Premiums Show ID Pays
USDA's Announcement On Voluntary ID No Surprise
A UL label for ID
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and the cost of its implementation go hand in hand. That's particularly true as it relates to the use...
Premises count revised
USDA revised its total premises count for U.S. livestock farms from 2.1 million total premises to 1.4 million. The 2.1-million figure had been based on...
Breeding Herd ID
Last month, both the U.S. Animal Health Association (USAHA) and the National Assembly of State Livestock Health Officials approved a recommendation that...
A Toss-Up In Support
Based on the results of an exclusive BEEF magazine-Kansas State University (KSU) mail survey conducted last spring, the glass of producer support for...
Not That Complicated
When you have 60,000 head of cattle spread across hundreds of square miles of tough, South Texas range, a national plan to individually ID every animal...
2006 RFID Supplier Survey
BEEF magazine and Kansas State University (KSU) teamed up three years ago to present the first survey of firms offering radio-frequency ID (RFID) technology...
Gotcha!
Folks still chuckle over the old story about the rancher showing his unwitting banker the same set of cows repeatedly moved from one location to another...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
