MikeC":1lm66zmk said:
Just curious as to how many on here have been alloted a Premises Identification Number which will be mandatory by the "National Animal Identification System" (NAIS) soon.
Mike, I called about a premise ID last fall. But I called one of the Area offices instead of the State office because I wanted to see how much they knew locally. Not enough to satisfy me. I told them when they had a little more information, I would be back in touch with them. They weren't real sure at that time who all would have access to the information. Not something that I was comfortable with.
I know it's coming, and it obviously could really benefit us at some point in the future in a worst case scenario if we need rapid tracebacks or traceforwards. I
hope we never need it, but I'm not naive enough to really believe that. They won't have to drag me kickin' and screamin', but they need to iron out more of the details before I get solidly behind it.
MikeC":1lm66zmk said:
Also, how many are currently keeping records (birth, immunization, etc.) to qualify for movement of animals in the event of the system?
My records aren't perfect, but they'll be enough to get by. As long as the date of the first calf born into a herd is sufficient for determining the whole group as being
that age, I'll be alright. And I can sure live with that method of aging. I don't ever get all of the birthdates recorded, but I
always get the first one. My wife's been keeping up with vaccinations, site maps, lot numbers, etc. for several years, anyway. I don't anticipate a problem with any of that.
Good topic, Mike. Thanks for getting everybody(?) thinking about it. You guys are
all thinking about it, aren't you?