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AUGUST
COOL Considerations For Cow-Calf & Stocker Cattle Producer (8-8-08)

AngusSource Offers Producers an Opportunity for COOL (8-7-08)

JULY
AMI Updates COOL Web Site to Reflect Farm Bill Changes (7-31-08)

COOL Recordkeeping Burdens & Costs (7-29-08)

Grassley Says COOL Implementation Shouldn't Take too Long (7-29-08)

USDA Issues Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Interim Final Rule (7-28-08)

Getting Ready for COOL (7-16-08)

Grant Extended to Eradicate Scrapie in Colorado Sheep, Goats (7-15-08)

U.S. Food Safety Programs Lag Behind Other Countries, Says GAO (7-15-08)

20,000 Farms Enrolled in State Animal ID System (7-14-08)

Legal Defense Fund Files Suit to Stop Animal ID Program (7-14-08)

Datamars Unveiled New RFID Website (7-1-08)

USDA Approves Swine ID Tag (7-1-08)

JUNE (Back to Top)
Discussion in Cattle Country: Animal ID (6-30-08)

Cattle Identification: Record Keeping “It’s The COOL Thing To Do!” (6-24-08)

Experts Tout Animal ID Plan (6-19-08)

USDA Trying to Avoid Mandatory Animal ID as COOL Approaches (6-12-08)

A Futuristic Linkage of Animals and Electronics (6-6-08)

Ag Journalist Challenges NAIS Premise Confidentiality (6-3-08)

MAY (Back to Top)
Cattle Identification: Osborne Releases New ID-Logger^™ Handheld Reader (5-28-08)

Cattle Update: COOL Is Back…Again (5-23-08)

Electronic Tagging of Livestock Gets Mixed Response (5-23-08)

Legal Defense Tries to Stop Animal ID in it's Tracks (5-16-08)

COOL Implementation Could Benefit from NAIS (5-12-08)

APRIL (Back to Top)
GlobalVetLink Electronic Signature Advancement Approved by USDA (4-18-08)

Jolley: Five Minutes With Neil Hammerschmidt (4-18-08)

Prominent State Vet Applauds NAIS Shift to Animal Health (4-16-08)

Rules Eased for Fair Exhibitors’ ID (4-14-08)

World's Top Vet Champions Animal ID (4-11-08)

Lawmaker Calls for New USDA Approach on Animal ID (4-9-08)

Advanced ID Announces Breakthrough in China for RFID Tire Tag (4-3-08)

USDA IDs New Benefits of Animal ID System (4-3-08)

Secretary Schafer Stands by Voluntary NAIS (4-1-08)

MARCH (Back to Top)
Jolley: Five Minutes With Dr. Robert Fourdraine (3-21-08)

USDA Recognizes West Virginia For Premise Identification Progress (3-18-08)

Jolley: The Cart & The Horse – The Controversy Behind NAIS (3-13-08)

Peterson Again Backs Mandatory National Animal ID (3-4-08)

RFID Preparing to Move Out of $6 Billion Chinese National ID Program’s Shadow, Says ABI Research (3-4-08)

Senate Panel Rejects Change to Animal ID Law (3-4-08)

FEBRUARY (Back to Top)
Animal ID Ban Dead this Year (2-17-08)

Livestock Tracking Delay May Put US Herd at Risk (2-7-08)

AgInfoLink Launches Verified Cattle Listing Service (2-5-08)

AgInfoLink to Maintain Supply Chain Management System for Cloned Livestock (2-5-08)

Datamars Brings Leading-edge RFID-based Textile Identification Solutions to Nursing Home Sector (2-4-08)

Five Minutes With Dr. John Wiemers, USDA, APHIS, NAIS (2-1-08)

JANUARY (Back to Top)
Animal ID Program Prompts Skepticism (1-28-08)

Digital Angel’s Recent Acquisition of Geissler Technologies Expands Company’s Commercial Relationship with Schering-Plough (1-28-08)

Electronic Identification of Sheep Might Offer Big Benefits (1-25-08)

Legislature Votes to Keep 'Premise' ID Voluntary (1-25-08)

Legislature Debates Animal ID Program (1-22-08)

Premise ID Remains Focus for BOAH (1-21-08)

Lawmakers Should Halt Animal ID Program (1-19-08)

Farmers Fear a Barnyard Big Brother (1-14-08)

Cattle Identification: NAIS - The Benefits of a Voluntary Program (1-9-08)

Producers Air Concerns About Animal ID; Ill. Ag Director, Hartke, Explains Program Goals (1-9-08)

Auction Yards Fight Canadian Border Cattle Rule (1-7-08)

Brazilian Team Headed to Europe to Fight Beef Restrictions (1-7-08)

EU Ambassador Accuses U.S. of Double Standard on Beef Trade (1-7-08)

Livestock ID Program Raising Eyebrows, Tempers (1-5-08)

DECEMBER (Back to Top)
Mandatory Livestock ID Works in the U.K. (12-26-07)

Congress Slashes Animal ID Funding (12-24-07)

A Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability (12-19-07)

Cloning Companies Set Database to Track Animals (12-19-07)

The Facts About Traceability (12-19-07)

National Animal Identification System; User Guide and Additional Information Resources (12-19-07)

USDA Takes Another Step Towards Advancing Animal Disease Traceability in the U.S. (12-19-07)

National Animal ID (12-17-07)

USDA and Its Partners Continue to Register National Animal Identification System Success (12-17-07)

K-State Tests Animal ID System That Might Detect Cattle Disease Before Physical Signs Appear (12-15-07)

Animal Identification and Disease Management are Closely Linked (12-10-07)

New ID Will Be Needed for Fair Livestock Exhibits (12-10-07)

Farmers Split on Identifying Their Livestock (12-9-07)

Heineman Announces Registration Milestone for Livestock Premises (12-8-07)

State Ag Director Will Defend Premises ID Number Mandate at Hancock County Meeting

There is Movement on Senate Farm Bill (12-8-07)

U.S. Still Struggles to Create Effective Animal ID System (12-7-07)

National Animal Identification System; Updated Program Standards (12-5-07)

Farmers Face Deadline on Federal ID Program (12-4-07)

State Fair Stands by Premise ID Policy (12-1-07)

NOVEMBER (Back to Top)
Delivering $1 Million for Electronic Sheep ID System (11-30-07)

National Cattlemens Foundation Partners with USDA to Register Premises as Part of the National Animal Identification System (11-30-07)

RFID Tags to Track Livestock Health, Age and Origin (11-29-07)

Intelleflex Demos Long-Distance Cattle Tags (11-26-07)

Five Minutes With Brad Klaassen, Animal ID Coordinator, Oklahoma Department Of Ag (11-23-07)

Animal ID Rule Could Hurt Livestock Shows; Local Producers Say Rule Uses Youth to Reach ID Sign-Up Goal (11-20-07)

Dickinson Research Center Analyzes Livestock ID Tags (11-20-07)

Smart-tek Completes Research and Development On AIMS Software Targeted to Meet the USDA and NAIS Specification for Livestock Age Source Verification (11-13-07)

Costa View Farms Milks Savings From RFID (11-12-07)

Five Minutes with Bruce Knight, Undersecretary, USDA (11-9-07)

Animal Analytics Gets a Dose of RFID (11-8-07)

One Million Electronic ID Tags Purchased by Michigan Beef and Dairy Producers (11-8-07)

More Than 10,000 North Carolina Farms Join NCFarmID Program (11-6-07)

OCTOBER (Back to Top)
IMI Global Selected as Primary Technology Provider for Humane Farm Animal Care's USDA Cooperative Agreement Program (10-31-07)

Premises ID Requirement Adopted for Illinois Fairs (10-31-07)

K-State Seeks True Cost and Benefit of Animal ID Systems (10-26-07)

Market Driving Greater Cattle Traceability (10-24-07)

Vsurance, Inc. Acquires Animal Tracking Technology, Animal-ID (10-24-07)

Animal ID a Priority for USDA and Pork Producers (10-20-07)

USDA Purchases Electronic ID Tags to Advance Animal Disease Control Capability (10-19-07)

Cattle Identification: State Premises Registration Stats as of 10/15/2007 (10-18-07)

Animal ID: Why Is It Important to Quickly Find Potentially Exposed Premises & Animals? (10-16-07)

USDA Approves Injectable Transponder for Animal ID System (10-15-07)

Opposition Grows Against Federal Plan to Register Individual Animals (10-15-07)

USDA Announces Cooperative Agreement Funds for National Animal Identification System Outreach and Education (10-12-07)

USDA Approves Two Additional Animal Identification Devices for Use in the National Animal Identification System (10-11-07)

Superior Selects Destron Fearing Tags for PVP (10-8-07)

Animal ID Program Loses Steam (10-7-07)

One Out of Three Illinois Livestock Farms Enrolled in National Animal ID (10-5-07)

National Animal ID System Subject of Legal Action (10-1-07)

SEPTEMBER (Back to Top)
4-H Premise ID Registration Won't Be Mandatory in Colorado (9-21-07)

Animal ID Will Be Demonstrated Every Day at WFTD (9-18-07)

State Fair Fiasco Story Just Keeps Giving & Giving (9-14-07)

The Horse, DNA and Texas A&M -- Collaboration Yields New Tool for Equine Identification (9-13-07)

Statement on Microchipping (9-13-07)

US Producers Told 'Livestock ID Absolutely Necessary' (9-11-07)

Reports Link RFID Implants to Cancer, Critics are Skeptical (9-10-07)

Kansas State Establishes Center for Animal Identification Technologies (9-7-07)

Animal Identification Critical for Industry (9-6-07)

Cattle Identification: State Premises Registration Stats as of 9/4/2007 (9-5-07)

Animal ID Sparks Incident at Colorado State Fair (9-3-07)

Mandatory Animal ID Program Opposed (9-3-07)

AUGUST (Back to Top)

USDA Approves Destron Fearing RFID Chip for Equine Use in NAIS (8-31-07)

Day 1: Special Coverage from ID-INFO EXPO in Kansas City, Mo. (8-29-07)

eHealth Certificate System Now Used in 31 States (8-24-07)

USDA Reviewing Proposals for the Production of Ear Tags Compliant with the National Animal Identification System (8-23-07)

Animal ID Solutions to Resell NCR TransitionWorks™ Software (8-21-07)

Some Amish in Mich. Resist Electronic ID Tags for Cattle (8-20-07)

Producers at Odds Over Identification System’s Necessity (8-13-07)

American Angus Association Signs Cooperative Agreement with USDA for Premises Registration Education (8-8-07)

Locate in 48 Animal ID Program Introduced at OCA Convent (8-6-07)

Could ID Scan Make Life Easier? (8-4-07)

GAO Finds Problems in Animal ID Implementation (8-2-07)

Members of County Fair Board Say CSU Plan is Unfair (8-2-07)

USDA Partners with NMPF on Animal ID (8-2-07)

NIAA NEWS RELEASES: (Back to Top)

NIAA Statement Regarding USDA’s Consideration of New Animal ID Approach (01-13-06)

NIAA Survey Suggests Concern for Private Database Among Beef Industry (10-17-05)

NIAA Animal ID Survey Shows Concern for NAIS (10-13-05)

NIAA Comments on NAIS Thinking Paper (6-24-05)

NIAA Encourages Producers, Stakeholders to Attend ID Listening Sessions
(7-6-04)

NIAA ID/EXPO Provides Direction for Animal Identification (5-19-04)

ID Technology for Animal Agriculture to be Featured at Chicago Conference
(5-18-04)

National System for Animal Identification in the U.S. to be Discussed During May Conference in Chicago (5-4-04)

NIAA Supports Veneman's Call for Immediate Implementation of National Animal ID System (1-30-04)

Animal Identification to be Highlighted During National Conference and Trade Show (1-23-03)

Period Extended for Input on U.S. Animal ID Plan (12-4-03)

U.S. is Developing a National Animal Identification Plan to Help Protect Animal Agriculture (8-6-03)

USDA and Industry Developing National Animal Identification Plan (6-13-03)

NAIS Facts and Myths

NIAA Animal Identification News Releases

	View Proceedings from the ID • INFO EXPO 2007 in Kansas City.

	View Proceedings from the ID • INFO EXPO 2006 in Kansas City.

	View Proceedings from the ID • INFO EXPO 2005 in Chicago.

View Proceedings from the ID • INFO EXPO 2004 in Chicago.

View Proceedings from the ID • INFO EXPO 2002 in Chicago.

Animal Agriculture and Identification: Historical Significance
Prepared by National Institution for Animal Agriculture for U.S. Veterinarian 2005

Recent History of Animal Identification
National Food Animal ID Task Force

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USAIP Informational Materials
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Western Extension Marketing Committee ID Resources

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