Ozarks Property Rights Congress Meeting
Thursday, February 25 - 7:00 p.m.
Hayloft Restaurant, Mountain Grove, Missouri

(Come early, if you care to eat, as no food is allowed in the meeting room due to limited restaurant staff)

NAIS is not dead—Just renamed!

*NAIS will now be called  the Federal Animal Disease Traceability System.
*Premise identification  numbers are  now “unique location identifiers
*USDA says it would be fiscally irresponsible scrap all elements of NAIS.
* “As much of the failed NAIS program as possible must be salvaged”
*The “new” program will use the NAIS “840” ear tags.
*Massive public opposition has caused them offer a “new approach”
*USDA will enforce animal identification at the level of interstate commerce.  This would force Missouri producers into their program, as the state has practically no in-state feed lots or major slaughter facilities, causing most of the state’s livestock production to cross state lines. 
*Links to the USDA Question & Answer Fact sheet can be found at www.ozarksprc.com/   or   www.r-calfusa.com/   or  www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability

We will cover other issues that come up by meeting time.

Contact: 417-948-2379 or 417-668-5977
In case of bad weather call by 3:00 p.m. to confirm the meeting.