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Over the next
three days (August 22-24)
we’ll be bringing you
reports on 30 speeches,
presentations and panel
discussions from this timely
and informative meeting on
animal ID and the National
Animal Identification System
(NAIS) currently being
implemented by the US
Department of Agriculture,
the 50 states and various
tribal governments.
ID/INFO EXPO
is an event held annually by
the National Institute for
Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
and has become one of the
premier meetings on animal
identification. TRI-MERIT™,
a
single-source animal
tracking and verification
program powered by Global
Animal Management, Inc. (GAM)
is sponsoring the pressroom
at the event.
The
information will be sent out
at the end of each
conference day in a word
document with links to audio
files, photos and press
releases with contact
numbers for you to call for
more information. Please
feel free to let us know if
there are any specific
questions you would like to
have addressed to any
presenters, including
Secretary Johanns, as we
will be interviewing them on
the issues.
Here are the
reports and interviews we
expect to file:
From
Tuesday, August 22
(Available for
airing/printing by 5 AM,
August 23)
-
From the
Species Working Groups (SWG)
whose chairpersons will
be reporting on their
groups’
recommendations. SWG
are:
bison, camelids, cattle,
cervids, goat, horse,
poultry, sheep and
swine.
From Wednesday, August 23 (Available for airing/printing
by 5 AM, August 24)
-
Secretary
of Agriculture Mike
Johanns, Keynote Address
– will include audio of
his remarks, press
conference, and
interview.
-
With Dr.
John Clifford, who is in
charge of NAIS
Implementation at
USDA’s, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection
Service, Veterinary
Services (APHIS, VS) on
“Accomplishments to
Date.”
-
With
Orlando Boca, USDA,
APHIS, VS, CEAH, on the
Animal Trace Processing
System (ATPS.)
-
With Neil
Hammerschmidt, USDA,
APHIS, Veterinary
Services on the Animal
Identification Number
(AIN) Management
System.
-
With
Scott Stuart, Chairman
of the NIAA Board of
Directors, and CEO of
the National Livestock
Producers Association.
-
With
Robert Fourdraine,
Chairman of the ID/INFO
EXPO 2006 Program
Planning Committee, and
Director of the
Wisconsin Livestock
Identification
Consortium.
-
With Greg
Ibach, Nebraska
Department of
Agriculture, on “State
Legislation to implement
NAIS.”
-
With Dr.
George Teagarden, Kansas
Animal Health
Department, on “Legal
Authority, Freedom of
Information Act
(FOIA.)
-
Dr.
Jennifer Greiner,
Indiana State Board of
Animal Health, on
“Experiences with
Premises Registration—A
State Perspective.”
From Thursday, August 24 (and the late afternoon program)
August 23, (Available for
airing/printing by 5 AM
August 25.)
-
On a
panel discussion
entitled, “Benefits
and Concerns about the
NAIS”
From
representatives of State
Veterinarians, Cow/Calf
Producers, Livestock
Markets, the U.S. Meat
Industry and “Concerned
Livestock Owners.”
-
On a
panel discussion
entitled, “Mainstream
Animal ID Solutions and
Practical Applications”
with emphasis on “street
tested” technology from
the perspectives of the
Feedlot, Swine, Meat
Packing and General
Livestock Industries.
Also, NIAA
and TRI-MERIT will be
surveying attendees at the
start of the meeting on what
they see as major issues
facing animal ID and NAIS.
We will report on the
results of the survey,
Thursday, August 24.
CONTACT
INFORMATION
The Media
Center is in the Penn Valley
Room of the Westin Crown
Center in Kansas City. It
will be open from 4:00 p.m.
Monday-Noon on Thursday.
The phone
number there is 816-843-4828.
Cell phone
numbers for NIAA Staff in KC
are:
Gale Johnson, 540-660-1849
Cora Newsom, 812-661-2399
David Brown, 270-991-7125
ZimmComm New
Media contact is:
Cindy Zimmerman, 573-353-6118
Following the
meeting, contact:
Gale Johnson
540-635-4564
gjohnson@animalagriculture.org
Note: In addition, there will be another 20 or more
presentations at ID/INFO
EXPO 2006, on specific
technologies, some
technology pilot project
testing and various minor,
but important aspects of
NAIS. Copies of these
presentations (or summaries
of them) will be available
at the NIAA website,
www.animalagriculture.org
to the extent possible
following the meeting.
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