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<\/a>$9,995.00? $9,995.00??? NINE THOUSAND,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NINE HUNDRED, NINETY FIVE DOLLARS?????\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On December 28, 2009, critics of USDA’s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 goofy plans to mandate radio-frequency identification\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 devices (RFIDs) in all livestock got just the fodder\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they need to set livestock country afire in protest:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the price tag for this absurd government mandate —\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Forget USDA’s “cost-benefit” analysis claiming\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that computer-chipped livestock ear tags would\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cost about $3 to $5 dollars apiece. The cost of those\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ear tags, even when purchased in minimum lots of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100, is peanuts, compared to the accompanying\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hardware necessary to use those ear tags.<\/p>\n$9,995.00. That’s the “bundled startup kit” cost offered with a discount of $1,905.36, when compared to the costs of the components in the “startup kit,” if\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 those items were purchased separately.<\/p>\n
$9,995.00 out-of-pocket costs so livestock producers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 may comply with USDA’s intended mandate to require all livestock in the U.S. to be monitored with ear tags containing computer chips? In Missouri, for example, a hotbed of anti-NAIS, the average beef cattle operator has 35 head. In these money-losing times for beef ranchers, how can Uncle Sam demand livestock raisers shell out a minimum of $9,995 for a “startup kit” for this foolishness.<\/p>\n
The December 28, 2009 press release said:
\n“Eriginate\u2122 Corporation announced today the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 approval of its eTattoo\u2122 tag by the United States\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Agriculture (USDA). The approval\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 marks the first ultra-high radio frequency identification\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tag (UHF RFID) and the first non-low frequency\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tag (LF) to be approved for use with the ‘840’\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Animal Identification Number (AIN).”<\/p>\n
This private electronic devise is approved by\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the USDA for use in the controversial National Animal Identification System (NAIS) program. USDA has promoted this program as a winning solution for everyone in animal agriculture.<\/p>\n
Many persons in animal agriculture have objected for many reasons, including religious objections.<\/p>\n
USDA has posted a cost\/benefit analysis available at: http:\/\/animalid.aphis.usda.gov\/nais\/naislibrary\/
\ndocuments\/plans_reports\/NAIS_overview_report.pdf<\/p>\n
In the overview cost\/benefit analysis, USDA explains the “Economic benefits in both the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 domestic and international marketplace resulting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from enhanced traceability may be greater than the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cost savings realized during animal disease control\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and eradication efforts.”<\/p>\n
On page 5 of this same document, USDA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 states, ” Tags and tagging costs vary among cattle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 producers with 50 head from $3.30 to $5.22 per cow,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 depending on current identification practices.” Well,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that cost\/analysis is not exactly correct because the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eartags are the only low-cost element in the system.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the tags you need the reader or\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scanner.<\/p>\n
eTattoo\u2122 conveniently has a “starter” kit.<\/p>\n
$9,995!!! That “startup kit costs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $99.95 per animal!!!<\/p>\n
This kit would be the basic requirement for a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 small family dairy of say 50 milking cows. Replacement tags, and they certainly will be necessary, are a low $395 per hundred.<\/p>\n
eTattoo\u2122 claims, “Tags will accommodate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 handwritten management numbers.” What exactly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 is missing here? Anyone might think these fancy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tags would eliminate the need for “handwritten management\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 numbers.” What will government bureaucrats\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and their anointed corporate beneficiaries conjure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 up next?<\/p>\n
Get yours while supplies last at:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.etattootag.com<\/p>\n
Company contact information:
\nMailing address:
\neriginate Corporation
\nPO Box 189
\nLeRoy, MN 55951-0189<\/p>\n
Phone: (785) 694-3468
\nE-mail: Info@eriginate.com
\nWeb site: www.etattootag.com<\/p>\n
Harmful to small & medium farmers<\/p>\n
Is USDA intentionally trying to destroy the nation’s small and medium livestock producers? USDA ultimately intends to mandate electronic livestock identification. Few small\/medium livestock producers will be able to afford $10,000 for such technology. The margins in livestock have generally been negative. USDA has misrepresented costs for the NAIS program.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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