{"id":134,"date":"2009-09-11T18:11:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T22:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amishinternet.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:59:00","slug":"wyoming-withdraws-from-nais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amishinternet.com\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming withdraws from NAIS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Livestock Board returns $140,000.00 in federal funds<\/h3>\n

Cheyenne — Wyoming <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Livestock Board members, meeting in Cheyenne Aug. 21, voted to abandon their agreement to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in implementing its National Animal Identification System (NAIS).<\/p>\n

According to agency director Jim Schwartz, the agreement amounted to $140,000 in grant money.<\/p>\n

Schwartz says the decision by the board resulted in the agency\u2019s lost ability to utilize those funds in developing what some had hoped would be a state-level program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had signed the contract,\u201d says Schwartz, \u201cbut hadn\u2019t spent anything.\u201d It\u2019s now a matter of sending the money back. Asked if other states are taking similar measures, he says most see this year\u2019s disbursement as the last they\u2019ll be offered and aren\u2019t refusing the funds. Congress, citing expenditures surpassing adequate progress, is amidst debates on the future of NAIS funding. If funding continues, it will likely be at a much-reduced rate. Many believe the whole animal ID issue is dead.<\/p>\n

Gillette rancher and veterinarian Eric Barlow brought the resolution to reject the NAIS agreement. \u201cAfter reviewing the work document which outlined what we would do with the money,\u201d says Barlow, \u201cit did not appear to me to be building on a national program or being used to establish or fortify any program the WLSB has implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barlow says that some members expressed hope the funds could be used in advancing the agency\u2019s computerization efforts. \u201cMaybe we could have, if that\u2019s what we would have asked for,\u201d says Barlow. \u201cEither someone didn\u2019t ask for that or USDA rejected it.\u201d Barlow says the way he read the plan of work the money would have been used to register premises, educate producers on NAIS and hire staff for a six-month period for the purpose of doing those things.<\/p>\n

Brent Larson of Laramie and Liz Philp of Shoshoni, sheep producer representatives on the board, were the two dissenting votes to the resolution.<\/p>\n

Larson says while he doesn\u2019t support NAIS, he did see the opportunity to use the dollars to advance Wyoming\u2019s programs. He wanted the agency to seek amendments to its agreement with the USDA on how the dollars would have been spent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we could make it work for us,\u201d says; Larson. \u201cWhy not rework the plan and use the; $140,000 to build something that would work for Wyoming?\u201d Something that would be worthwhile?<\/p>\n

Without the $140,000 grant the Wyoming NAIS Director\u2019s employment would possibly not be funded.<\/p>\n

Appreciating the need to preserve the market-ability of Wyoming livestock, Barlow says he suggested that staff form a working group, including; industry representatives, to look at existing programs and how they can serve as the underpinning of a Wyoming-based program.<\/p>\n

Larson, given the $800,000 in budget cuts the agency took earlier this year, isn\u2019t sure where the money for a state-level program will come from. It would have been good to keep the USDA grant if it had true value to help Wyoming livestock producers. The board voted to give it all back due to too many negative strings attached.<\/p>\n

Quotes provided by Jennifer Womack, managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.com.<\/p>\n

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Note: WYOMING REFUSES TO BE BOUGHT! Congratulations to Wyoming!! NAIS has provided generous funding for USDA offices in every state with minimal oversight in regard to premises enrollment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

States joining Wyoming have received the following \u201cgrant\u201d funds not including 2009 funding: Colorado $4,896,995; Idaho $4,242,645; Kansas $3,882,270; Montana $2,110,256; Nebraska $3,749,005; South Dakota $3,155,907.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Wyoming has repented of their latest \u201cgrant,\u201d funds, their hands are not totally clean. During 2002 to 2008 they have deposited from USDA a total of $2,054,538.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pledging to enroll producers in the NAIS program, the Wyoming effort was costing $1,119 per premise sign up. However, if Wyoming did a good job, USDA projected future funding would allow them to harvest another $7,151,717 additional.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wyoming is to be honored by their own livestock producers and other states for setting the example of refusing NAIS demands. The strings attached by USDA appeared to be hanging nooses to ranchers in Wyoming, and many others agree.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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