R-CALF USA's Comments on APHIS 2009-0091 December 9, 2011 (PDF 152)
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Exhibit
1, 070918 Final OTM Rule (PDF 540 K) |
Exhibit 10, APHIS Factsheet on ID (PDF 55.7K) |
Exhibit 19, Clifford Declaration 2005 (PDF 1.38 MB) |
| Exhibit 2,
080703 Opinion (PDF 941K) |
Exhibit 11, USDA Overview of U.S. Livestock (PDF 826K) |
Exhibit 20, 1997 Risk Based Regionalization (PDF 179K) |
| Exhibit
3, 061026 OIG Audit on TB (PDF 1.52MB) |
Exhibit 12, Dr. Ringwall's ITC Testimony (PDF 2.30 MB) |
Exhibit 21, GAO Animal Identification (PDF 3.6 MB) |
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Exhibit 4, Bovine TB Pathways 2009030711 (PDF
3.23 MB) |
Exhibit 13, Benefit Cost Analysis NAIS (2.33 MB) |
Exhibit
22, APHIS TB Action Plan (PDF 607K) |
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Exhibit 5, GAO Report on Plum Island (PDF 737 K) |
Exhibit 14, Ringwall Beef Talk Jan 6, 2005 (PDF 38.5K) |
Exhibit 23, APHIS Concept Paper, Sept 2009 (PDF 66.2K) |
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Exhibit 6, Risk Assessment for S. Korea (PDF 2.44 MB) |
Exhibit 15, Ringwall Beef Talk, January 13, 2005 (PDF 40K) |
Exhibit 24, 070918 Final OTM Rule (PDF 540K) |
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Exhibit 7, 2009 NAIS Testimony of John Clifford (PDF 47K) |
Exhibit 16, EV
for Japan (PDF 32.5K) |
Exhibit 25, Dr Clement on Branding (PDF 133K) |
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Exhibit 8, 100416 Brazil FMD Risk Evaluation (PDF 4.1 MB) |
Exhibit 17, EV
for Korea (PDF 21.3 K) |
Exhibit 26, DeHaven NAIS Testimony (PDF 130K) |
| Exhibit
9, Japan FMD Evaluation (PDF 1.09 MB) |
Exhibit 18,
EV for Hong Kong (PDF 35.6) |
Exhibit 27,
060900 OIG TB (PDF 1.53MB) |
R-CALF USA Letter to
Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) regarding Joint Animal ID Comments
November 16, 2011 (PDF 123K)
USDA's Proposed Animal ID Rule August
9, 2011 (PDF 247K)
R-CALF USA's Animal ID Committee Chair
Kenny Fox's Blog Response to USDA August 1, 2011 (PDF 18K)
R-CALF USA's letter to
Secretary Vilsack regarding Brands April 13, 2011 (348K)
R-CALF USA's letter to USDA
regarding Animal Traceback Dealbreakers March 4, 2011 (61K)
R-CALF USA to Secretary Vilsack, "Evidence Shows
USDA Is Deceptively Railroading Cattle Industry with Animal ID Plan"
May 18, 2010 (PDF 80K)
R-CALF USA
Letter to Secretary Vilsack Regarding the Arkansas Cooperative Agreement
April 19, 2010 (PDF 52K)
Attachment to
04/19/10 Letter: Animal Disease Traceability Workplan (PDF 1.7 MB)
Court Opinion - Emanuel Miller Case March 9, 2010 (PDF 165K)
R-CALF USA's Letter to Secretary Vilsack, Regarding Dropping NAIS February
5, 2010 (PDF 49K)
USDA Announces New Framework for Animal Diseases Traceability February 5,
2010 (PDF 31K)
R-CALF USA
President/Region VI Director Max Thornsberry's NAIS Presentation (as given at
the R-CALF USA 2010 Convention)
USDA is dropping NAIS! Read this USDA
Factsheet.
R-CALF USA President/Region VI
Director Max Thornsberry's NAIS Presentation (as given at the R-CALF USA 2010
Convention) (PDF 485K)
Amicus Brief by 22 Organizations to Support Emanuel Miller of Wisconsin
November 27, 2009 (PDF 123K)
Letter to Congress "End NAIS" November
18, 2009 (PDF 25K)
Letter to USDA Regarding NAIS Funding
November 18, 2009 (PDF 21 K)
R-CALF
USA's letter to U.S. Senators "Don't fund NAIS" October 7, 2009 (PDF 48K)
Letter to the Agriculture
Appropriations Conference Committee September 10, 2009 (PDF 25K)
Professor Nevil Speer, "The
Next Step: Engaging Farmers & Ranchers in Animal Identification September
27, 2009 (PDF 3MB) *R-CALF USA does not support Speer's position.*
R-CALF USA's Comments, Docket No.
APHIS-2009-0027 Public Meetings August 11, 2009 (PDF 116 K)
R-CALF USA's letter to Senator Tester
in Support of his Amendment to reduce NAIS funding in the 2010 Agriculture
Appropriations Bill August 3, 2009 (PDF 52 K)
Coalition Letter with 77
Organizations, in support of Tester Amendment to reduce NAIS funding in the 2010
Agriculture Appropriations Bill August 3, 2009 (PDF 25 K)
USDA’s
response to R-CALF USA’s April 29, 2009 Letter July 3, 2009 (PDF 30 K)
R-CALF USA NAIS Comments, Advanced
Copy May 15, 2009
R-CALF USA’s response letter to Secretary Vilsack April 29, 2009 (PDF 45K)
USDA’s letter in response to R-CALF USA’s Jan. 20, 2009 letter April 17,
2009 (PDF 1.55 MB)
R-CALF USA Comments for USDA Roundtable
Discussion on NAIS April 15, 2009 (PDF 66K)
Secretary Vilsack’s response to R-CALF Letters send March 17 and April 2 April
14, 2009 (PDF 1.15 MB)
R-CALF USA Letter to Secretary Vilsack
regarding the Eight-Point Alternative to NAIS April 1, 2009 (PDF 51K)
R-CALF USA Post Animal ID
Hearing Testimony March 20, 2009 (PDF 123K)
Senator Tim Johnson's letter to
Secretary Vilsack opposing NAIS March 19, 2009 (PDF 485K)
R-CALF USA Letter to Secretary
Vilsack regarding NAIS 10 Questions March 17, 2009 (PDF 1387 K)
R-CALF USA Comments on Proposed
Rule, Official Animal ID Numbering System March 16, 2009 (PDF 100K)
NAIS
Sample Letter Re: Testimony for March 11, 2009 Hearing on Review of Animal
Identification Systems March 13, 2009
Senator Clair McCaskill's letter to
Secretary Vilsack opposing NAIS March 12, 2009 (PDF 470 K)
R-CALF USA President
Dr. Max Thornsberry's Written Testimony against NAIS at House Hearing March 11,
2009 (PDF 277K)
R-CALF USA President Dr.
Max Thornsberry's Oral Testimony against NAIS at House Hearing March 11,
2009 (PDF 36K)
Click below to listen to recorded audio of the NAIS House Hearing.
Written
statements for all witnesses are available here.
Panel I -
- Dr. John R. Clifford, D.V.M., Deputy
Administrator, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Panel II -
Introduction by Rep. Dave Scott (Runs 1:45, 407K)
Closing Remarks by Rep. Dave Scott (Runs 6:00, 595K)
Question
and Answer Session I (Runs 12:32, 3 MB)
Question and Answer Session II (Runs 12:23, 3 MB)
Question and Answer Session III (Runs 8:49, 2 MB)
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Mr. Bill Nutt,
President-Elect, Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, on behalf of National
Cattleman’s Beef Association Cattle Health and Well-Being Committee,
Cedartown, Georgia (Runs 6:18, 1 MB)
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Dr. R.M. (Max)
Thornsberry, D.V.M., President of the Board, R-CALF USA, Richland,
Missouri (Runs 5:01, 1 MB)
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Mr. Donald P. Butler,
President, National Pork Producers Council, Clinton, North Carolina
(Runs 6:05, 1 MB)
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Dr. Karen Jordan,
D.V.M., Owner, Large Animal Veterinary Services, Co-owner, Brush Creek
Swiss Farms, on behalf of National Milk Producers Federation, Siler
City, North Carolina (Runs 5:11, 1 MB)
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Dr. W. Ron DeHaven,
D.V.M., MBA, Chief Executive Officer, American Veterinary Medical
Association, Schaumburg, Illinois (Runs 4:55, 1 MB)
Panel III - (Runs 25:11,
6 MB)
- Dr. Rob Williams,
Counsellor (Agriculture), Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
- Accompanied by Mr.
Dean Merrilees, Minister Counsellor (Agriculture), Embassy of
Australia, Washington, D.C.
- Mr. Kerry St. Cyr,
Executive Director, Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA),
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Secretary Vilsack's Response to
R-CALF USA Letter Regarding 10 Questions February 23, 2009 (617K)
R-CALF USA's Letter to USDA;
Urgent Priorities January 20, 2009 (PDF 55K)
R-CALF USA letter to
USDA, Congress and State Veterinarians regarding USDA's Dec. 22, 2008 NAIS Memo
January 12, 2009 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 56 K)
USDA APHIS-VS Memo
Regarding Premises Registration December 22, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 295
K)
Federal Register
Notice of National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (Relocation of Plum Island)
December 12, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 60K)
R-CALF USA's
letter to USDA regarding NAIS December 4, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
49K)
Letter to U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture from U.S. Senators Tim Johnson and Mike Enzi November 20, 2008
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 167K)
R-CALF USA's Comments on NAIS
840 Tags November 17, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 56K)
R-CALF USA's Letter in
Response to APHIS Memo November 10, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 59K)
APHIS Memo Mandating Premises Registration
September 22, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF 716K)
Letter to the
Honorable Lieberman, Collins, Waxman, and Davis Requesting Oversight Hearing on
NAIS July 23, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 292 K)
R-CALF USA's letter to the
Honorable Rosa DeLauro regarding the proposed requirements for the National
School Lunch Program June 23, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 54K)
U.S.
Federal Register Notice Suspending Proposed Privacy Act Systems of Records;
APHIS National Animal Identification System (NAIS) June 10, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF File 45K)
R-CALF USA Comments on Privacy Act
Systems of Records; APHIS National Animal Identification System (NAIS): Docket
No. APHIS-2007-0015 May 30, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 439K)
R-CALF USA Comments on Privacy Act
Systems of Records Exhibits 1-4
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 63K)
R-CALF USA's Comments on NAIS: A
Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability April 15, 2008 (Adobe
Acrobat Reader PDF File 107 K)
R-CALF USA's Top
Ten Reason to Oppose National Animal Identification (NAIS) Premises Registration
February 7, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat Reader 35 K)
2007 R-CALF USA NAIS Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 79K)
R-CALF USA Letter to
Chairman Harkin requesting a moratorium on further Premise ID efforts
October 23, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 93K)
R-CALF USA Letter to House
Agriculture Chair Peterson requesting not marrying ID and COOL June 26, 2007
(Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 90 K)
Under Secretary Bruce Knight's letter
in response to R-CALF USA Regarding Opt-Out Procedures for Premises Registration
June 25, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 458 K)
R-CALF USA Letter to Under
Secretary Bruce Knight Regarding Opt-Out Procedures for Premises Registration
May 30, 2007 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File 97K)
R-CALF USA Testimony to the USDA’s Hearing Regarding the Privatization of Animal
Movement Tracking Database October 12, 2005 (Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF
File 94K)
R-CALF USA Testimony Submission to the United States House of Representatives
Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock Regarding the Privatization of the
National Animal Identification System October 11, 2005 (Adobe Acrobat
Reader PDF File 118K)
R-CALF USA Testimony by Kenny Fox, Rancher and Member of Belvidere, South
Dakota, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture On the
Development of a U.S. Animal Identification Plan August 17, 2004
