Arkansas Animal Owners To Meet On National Animal ID System

ANIMAL OWNERS MEET IN ATKINS TO DISCUSS ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND FREEDOM TO FARM BILL The Arkansas Animal Producer's Association (ARAPA) is holding a Farm Premises Identification (PIN) and National Animal Identification System (NAIS) state wide informational meeting. It will be held at 3:00 to 6:00 PM, Sunday, March 2, 2008, at the Atkins High School Auditorium located just south of I-40 in Atkins. This is open to the public and all state legislators have been invited.

ARAPA has several speakers lined up including well-known NAIS expert Doreen Hannes from Missouri and Ark. Congressman Roy Ragland who will talk about ARAPA's Freedom to Farm Act bill. This important meeting will provide information for owners of cattle, bison, horses, burros, mules, hogs, goats, sheep, exotics, fowl, deer, elk, alpacas, and llamas that will assist them in determining if they will participate in a voluntary PIN/NAIS and actions that can be taken to prevent a mandatory PIN/NAIS. The public may ask questions and offer comments. Other speakers include private property rights spokesman/ARAPA member Tim Smith who will talk about Agenda 21 and the connection to the NAIS. ARAPA member Mary Rivera will speak on her work in the state's Quorum Courts and securing resolutions against the NAIS.

ARAPA is dedicated to representing the interests of all independent Arkansas animal owners. ARAPA submitted testimony to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry against a mandatory NAIS and detailed the probable serious economic consequences in Arkansas if NAIS became mandatory. Representatives attended the Cape Girardeau, MO 2007 Farm Bill Senate Hearing, the Kansas City ID Expo, Washington D.C. R-CALF USA Stampede, and the Washington D.C. Farm Food Voices D.C. 2007 grass roots lobby day sponsored by the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Advocates Fund. NAIS informational meetings are being conducted across Arkansas. Working with General Assembly members to pass the Arkansas Freedom to Farm Act is ARAPA’s highest priority. Click for more information or call: 501-620-0326

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