The Murky Murk Demand And Supply Analysis
"The Murky Murk"
by
Wes Ishmael, Contributing Editor
Beef Magazine
October 2006
Mandatory livestock ID systems have been a subject focused on repeatedly in beef farming magazines this year. NAIS (National Identification System) is designed to track livestock for animal health purposes, with the ultimate aim to be able to track any head of livestock or any lifetime production group of livestock back to all previous locations of residence within 48 hours. The goal is to protect the beef industry and prevent vulnerabilities that exist with regard to highly contagious cattle diseases like foot-and-mouth disease. Scott Stuart, NIAA (National Institute of Animal Agriculture) Chairman of the Board, sums it up best: "Our shrinking world, due to rapid travel and international commerce, makes the probability of a foreign animal disease infecting our nation's animals just that much more likely. NAIS, in whatever form it finally takes, is something we must have . . ." At this......
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