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<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=rfid&articleId=279030&taxonomyId=77" >Farmers Fear Livestock ID Mandate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Independent livestock ranchers last week were quick to criticize signals that the new Congress may soon mandate implementation of the RFID-based National Animal Identification System.<br />n<br />nSigning on to the <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> program has been voluntary since it was first proposed in 2003, but Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), the new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said last week that he may soon push for the program to become mandatory.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI know, you really need to hear from me about <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> but anytime I can quote the Honorable Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and his belief that <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> should be mandatory, I will.<br />n<br />nBe scared, be very scared of this Congress if you don't want <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> to be shoved down your throat. Rep. Collin Peterson is going to do everything he can to make it happen.<br />n<br />n<strong>I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. Henry David Thoreau</strong>