Farmer's Field Guide to the NAIS

Additional Essays and Articles


"About the NAIS..."

No. 31 -- USDA's Business Plan for the NAIS (Part-II)

No. 30 -- Census of Agriculture 2007 -- Who can you trust?

No. 29 -- USDA's Business Plan for the NAIS (Part-I)

No. 28 -- NAIS plus VSPS: Full-Spectrum Surveillance

No. 27 -- USDA Pulls Out All The Stops

No. 26 -- Premises Registration Revisited

No. 25 -- Whose Land Is It Anyway?

No. 24 -- Premises Registration: Is it REALLY Voluntary?

No. 23 -- Without the Consent of the Governed

No. 22 -- Farmers -- Papers, please!

No. 21 -- Who is Booz Allan Hamilton?

No. 20 -- Wash. State Farmers Say NO to Proposed Rules

No. 19 -- WSDA Seeks Broad Enforcement Powers

No. 18 -- "We hold these truths ..."

No. 17 -- No Protection From Inspection

No. 16 -- The "Forced March" into the NAIS

No. 15 -- "No NAIS" in Washington State?

No. 14 -- The NAIS is a "Federal-State-Industry Partnership"

No. 13 -- "Federal Assistance" At Work

No. 12 -- USDA's "NAIS User Guide" Exposed

No. 11 -- Questions And Answers II [#12 - 21]

No. 10 -- Questions And Answers I  [#1 - 11]

No. 9 -- Nothing Is What It Seems

No. 8 -- Are You A Target?

No. 7 -- Do You Really Have A Choice?

No. 6 -- "Voluntary Participation" vs. "Show Me The Law"

No. 5 -- The Power Of "Cooperative Agreements"

No. 4 -- USDA's "National Animal Health Surveillance System"

No. 3 -- U.S. Animal Identification = Animal Registration

No. 2 -- U.S. Premises Registration - Farmers Beware

No. 1 -- Is There More Than Meets The Eye?


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Other Resources


To support you in your quest for getting answers about the NAIS from your Government, you have our explicit permission to reprint and distribute two of our book's appendices:


Appendix A-1:     12 Questions To Ask Public Officials

Appendix A-2:     Analysis Of NAIS Costs Vs. Benefits


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