Resources
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Animal
Identification
National
Institute for Animal Agriculture Animal Identification
and Information Systems Technical Information Page
Livestock ID
National ID Plan Press
Release
LMA's Initial Comments
USA Identification
Plan website
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Bovine
Spongiform Encephalophy ("Mad Cow" Disease)
Official USDA BSE Site -- http://www.animalagriculture.org/BSE/BSE.asp
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/bse.html
http://www.bseinfo.org/
http://usaip.info
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Farm
Bill Information:
The USDA has launched a special web
site on the 2002 farm bill. The site contains a summary
of the farm bill provisions by title, frequently asked
questions, information on implementation, and other
resources. It can be reached by going to http://www.usda.gov/farmbill.
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Congress
Merge: Hints for Communicating with Congress
Legislative
LMA Response to Marketing Questionnaire
Text PDF
To
contact your U.S. Senator
To
contact your U.S. Representative
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Grain
Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration:
The GIPSA toll-free telephone
hotline for reporting violations and abuses in the grain,
livestock, meat, and poultry industries. Call the hotline
at 1-800-998-3447.
The USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
maintains this toll-free telephone number for reporting
violations and abuses in the grain, livestock, meat,
and poultry industries. The hotline is available to
all interested parties who wish to provide information
on possible violations of the United States Grain Standards
Act, the Agricultural Marketing Act, or the Packers
and Stockyards Act.
The toll free number provides
a direct and easy way for producers and others to access
GIPSA’s regulatory resources. Callers will reach
a voicemail system that will tape their messages. The
Agency will respond as quickly as possible to reports
of violations.
Other GIPSA resources:
GIPSA
Publications
Packers
and Stockyards Act, 1921, As Amended
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CWT Dairy Cow Sales
Market Requirements |
CAFO/Clean
Water
CAFO Rule Fact
Sheet
Compliance
Guide |
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Lamb
Checkoff
Lamb Checkoff Q&A
Text PDF
P&S Fact Sheet
Text PDF |
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COOL
Information-R-Calf Data
Myths
and Facts
LMA Q & A's
Perrin Letter 3/20/2003
Preliminary Cool Records
Stumo Interview
USDA
Public Hearing Dates
Legal and
Economic Analysis
Keep COOL
Senate Appropriations
Committee List |
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FMD
Information
FMD Advisory
APHIS
FMD Web Site
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BSE Information
LMA Memorandum to Members
FDA BSE Guidelines
FAQs on BSE
Market Certification
Continuing Market Certification
BSE Letter to Producer
Owner Certification
Continuing Owner Certification
FDA Rules in Spanish
BSE Letter to Spanish
Producer
Spanish Owner Certification
Continuing Spanish Owner
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Environmental Issues:
CAFO Regulations
The Administrator of USEPA signed
the Final Rule regarding Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operation's (CAFO) on December 15th,2002. An
excellent website has
been developed by the Environmental Protection Agency containing
the text of the Final Rule, several fact sheets, etc., and can
be accessed at:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/afo/cafofinalrule.cfm?program_id=7
Agricultural Guides
The NASDA Research Foundation,
working with the National Center for Agricultural Law Research
and Information at the University of Arkansas Law Center recently
released six new agricultural guides for Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nevada, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The 26 state and federal guides
competed to date are located on NASDA web site at http://www.nasda.org/.
To access the guides, go to "NASDA Research Foundation"
and click on "State-by-State Environmental Guides Affecting
Agriculture". The guides are available in PDF format. Questions
should be directed to Tom Sommer, NASDA @ 202-296-9680.
USDA-NRCS has updated the Q&A
sheet for the Environmental Quality Incentive
Program (EQIP) as well as added a Fact Sheet, Key Points,
and Q&A for the
new Conservation Security Program. This and other conservation
provision
information can be found at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
, click on Farm Bill 2002,
then click on 2002 Farm Bill Conservation Provisions to access
this
informational material.
Milk
& Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center
In October 2002,
the National Livestock Producers Association
decided to endorse and help promote the quality assurance guidelines
developed by the Milk & Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center
(DQA). NLPA staff is also working with DQA to develop a set
of best practices to promote DQA's efforts at marketing facilities.
For more information about the
Milk & Dairy Beef Quality Assurance Center and programs
and publications please click
here.
Hoof and
Mouth Disease
USDA's
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Foot and Mouth
Disease Web Site
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association
has additional information including FAQs, Summary of Facts,
and Cattle Producer Information at www.beef.org.
