6. Opposition rose as more people became aware of the expense, intrusiveness and security issues of NAIS The USDA responded with a new document: A User Guide And Additional Information Resources Draft Version November 2006
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25. Cost Estimates for RFID System for Cattle Cost estimate by: Kevin Dhuyvetter, Agricultural Economist Kansas State University
26. Cost Estimates for RFID System for Feedlot Cattle Cost estimate by: Kevin Dhuyvetter, Agricultural Economist Kansas State University
69. From the VT Dept of Ag website " Confidentiality: Part of the data voluntarily submitted during the voluntary livestock premises registration process will be sent to a federal premises registration repository. The United States Department of Agriculture has reassured us that they intend to keep this information confidential. Regrettably, there is no statutory language passed yet that will ensure the data withstand a court challenge from denying public release of information ."
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72. Quote from Jan 2006 article titled: Knight Aims to Revive Animal Identification Efforts “ Members of the House Agriculture Committee are expected to size up the animal identification picture during oversight hearings in the next few weeks. Thus far, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is convinced that a mandatory approach is the only way to go. “ We’ve spent close to $100 million and we don’t have a hell of a lot to show for it,” he noted during the AFBF convention two weeks ago. “We may have more livestock, but the Australians spent about $10 million and the Canadians spent $6 million (to get their systems in place). It seems that we should be done by now.”"
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