Arizona Set To Roll Out Voluntary Animal ID Program
Arizona will soon join the list of states with voluntary animal ID programs. The Yuma Sun reports state ag officials say the Tri-National Livestock Health and Identification Consortium will roll out in Arizona in two weeks.
The initiative was created by the USDA and is a pilot program involving Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, two Mexico states and three Indian tribes in the Grand Canyon state, says Katie Decker, Arizona Department of Ag spokeswoman.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is spearheading the program, and Arizona agriculture officials within the next two weeks will sign a participation agreement, she said. The objective is to get at least 20% of Arizona food animal producers to have a premise ID by the end of 2005.
I just read this in the Cow Calf weekly and Nebrusker if you are out there how long do you think it will take to impliment US manitory ID system if Arizona, as one of the pilot programs, hopes to have at least 20% of producer with premise ID by the end of 2005?
Arizona will soon join the list of states with voluntary animal ID programs. The Yuma Sun reports state ag officials say the Tri-National Livestock Health and Identification Consortium will roll out in Arizona in two weeks.
The initiative was created by the USDA and is a pilot program involving Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, two Mexico states and three Indian tribes in the Grand Canyon state, says Katie Decker, Arizona Department of Ag spokeswoman.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is spearheading the program, and Arizona agriculture officials within the next two weeks will sign a participation agreement, she said. The objective is to get at least 20% of Arizona food animal producers to have a premise ID by the end of 2005.
I just read this in the Cow Calf weekly and Nebrusker if you are out there how long do you think it will take to impliment US manitory ID system if Arizona, as one of the pilot programs, hopes to have at least 20% of producer with premise ID by the end of 2005?