The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed a $124.5 Billion Ag funding bill that contains money for the National Animal Identification System, (NAIS). Montana Democrat, Senator John Tester, says he’s always had concerns about the merits of the livestock disease trace-back system and will work to remove funding for it when the bill reaches the Senate floor, “I believe that there are cheaper, more effective tools that the USDA has failed to utilize. We have spent over 142-Million dollars on implementing animal ID, there’s no end in sight. This bill includes another 14 Million (dollars).”Tester’s state of Montana is home to the group R-CALF USA, a staunch opponent of NAIS. The House Appropriations Committee ag funding bill that passed last month “zeroes-out” funds for the national animal ID system.
And, North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan says he will try and amend the bill to have the Obama Treasury Department overturn a Bush Administration requirement that Cuba pay for U.S. farm products before they’re shipped. “Normally you would pay when the good is transferred at the dock. And it has hurt our farmers and our ability to sell into that marketplace,” Dorgan says.
The Senate ag funding bill contains increases for mandatory farm subsidies but mostly for nutrition programs, including both domestic and international food aid. It passed the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously.
Provided by Stewart Doan, NAFB
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee – Summary of FY 2010 Ag Appropriations
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During the translations in the Bible I think someone messed up and thought it was “take the mark of the beast” & it really was “putting the mark on the beasts”….now it makes more sense – what they are doing, putting marks on the beasts aka livestock… Maybe not all liberal Democrats are atheists but – all atheists are definitely liberal Democrats!! A bunch of control freaks…Remember, the quickest way to scare a farmer is to say “Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help”…