2010 Action Alerts 

February 5: USDA announces it is dropping NAIS and re-focusing on a new interstate program

February 2: Tell USDA not to approve genetically engineered alfalfa!

January 19: Protect Local Food Sources - Call Your Senators!

2009 Action Alerts:

November 13: Tell President Obama to Stop Agribusiness Appointments! 

November 11: Food Safety Bill Moving - Call Your Senators Now! 

November 9: Texas Raw Milk and Cheese Update

October 28: Take Action to Protect Local Food Sources

October 14: Action Alerts for Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin residents!

October 12: Tell Your Senators to Protect Local Food!

October 2: Congress Trims NAIS Funding!

September 22: Action Alert for Fresh Vegetable Growers, and an Update on NAIS Funding

September 10: Tell Congress to Stop Funding NAIS!

September 8: Help Us to Improve Access to Raw Milk in Texas!

August 5: Senate Cuts NAIS Funding in Half!

July 29: Call your Senator TODAY to urge that NAIS funding be cut!

July 27: Food Safety Bill Heads for a Vote

July 14: Food Safety Bill Hearing

June 30: Texas Update: Good News for Raw Milk; Transportation Bill Alerts

June 17: Protect Your Access To Raw Milk in Texas!

June 4: Locations for Listening Sessions; Food Safety Bill on the Move

May 8: USDA listening session in Austin

May 6: USDA listening sessions around the country -- Tell the Feds what you think about NAIS!

April 19: Secretary Vilsack holds roundtable discussion on NAIS

April 2: Texas Anti-NAIS bill stuck in Committee

March 27: Good news from Utah!  And updates from other states.

March 24: Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture holds hearing on anti-NAIS bill.

March 16: Food Safety Bills in Congress and an Update on U.S. House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Hearing

March 15: Texas Bill Filed to Stop Mandatory NAIS

March 12: Report on U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing; Last Chance to Comment on USDA's Proposed Rule; Appropriations Update

February 28: Call your Congressman!  Congressional hearing coming up, and NAIS in the Appropriations Bill. 

February 15: Second Update on NAIS: USDA and state activities 

February 11: Update on NAIS: USDA and state activities

February 5: Texas bill filed to stop mandatory NAIS!

February 2: Help stop USDA's proposed rule!

January 13: USDA issues proposed rule that would mandate portions of NAIS

January 6: USDA issues new memo 

2008 Action Alerts: 

December 2: Other USDA Developments: Proposed Organics Rule, TB Listening Sessions

December 1: USDA Memo Creates Conflicting Reports

November 11: Texas Animal Health Commission Re-Forms Animal ID Working Group

November 1: USDA Issues Memo Mandating NAIS Premises Registration for Disease Control Programs!

September 17: Fifty-five Groups Send Letter to Congress: Stop Funding NAIS and Keep NAIS Out of Food Safety Bills!

September 8: Texas Alert: Meet your state legislators!

July 23: Update on Appropriations & Meeting Your Congressperson

July 14: Alert on Senate Appropriations 

June 21: Appropriations bill links NAIS to school lunch program!  Calls needed now!!

May 19: Updates on Illinois and Missouri bills, and reminder to submit comments on Privacy Act Notice 

May 6: Section 10305 taken out of the Farm Bill!!  Also, news on competition provisions and USDA Privacy Act Notice

April 10: Farm bill conferees named

April 8: USDA closing comment period on Business Plan; Illinois & Kentucky news

March 13: Meet with your Congressman!

March 10: State and Federal Update 

March 3: State Updates

February 7: Update on the Farm Bill.  Senate Conference Committee members named.

February 4: Take Action on the Farm Bill.  Take NAIS Out and Protect Competition!

January 30: State Anti-NAIS bills filed!

January 11: USDA Plans to Use Breed Registries to Implement NAIS

January 8: USDA 2007 Census of Agriculture

January 3: Louisiana Town Hall Meeting with Senator Vitter

2007 Action Alerts:

December 20: USDA Releases Business Plan; Congress Passes Reduced Funding for NAIS

December 18: Senate Passes Farm Bill; NAIS Gets Press Coverage

December 6: USDA Release New Technical Document

November 25: TAHC Denies Petition to Change Dairy Tagging Rule

November 19: Farm Bill Update

November 14: Texas Animal Health Commission To Hear Petition to Change Diary Tagging Rule

November 13: Keep up the pressure on the Senate!  Get NAIS out of the Farm Bill.

November 13: Competition provisions fact sheet

October 28: The Farm Bill heads to the Senate Floor, with NAIS still in it

October 22: NAIS in the Farm Bill -- Take Action Now!

October 18: Update on the Farm Bill

September 12: A Tag for Every Dairy Cow?

September 10: Microchips and Cancer -- Press Release

August 21: Helpful Tips on Getting the Press' Attention

August 8: Update on NAIS funding and the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) report

July 29: Victory on the Farm Bill, but more battles coming soon! 

July 16: Texas Alert: TAHC proposed intrastate identification for all dairy cattle

June 19: Keep up the Calls to Congress About the Farm Bill. And Call the Senate too!

June 5: Contact Congress to keep NAIS out of the Farm Bill and protect local control over food and crops.

May 1:  Update on NAIS in TX

Apr.25:  HB 461 passes in TX House!

Mar. 24: Update on what is happening around the country.

Mar.18:   HB 461 is in Calendars Committee

Mar.13: HB 461 approved unanimously by Ag Committee!
Mar.9: New Anti-NAIS bill introduced in TX
Mar.5: Matching Grant info and Rally Coverage
Mar.3: Big Week in TX
Mar.1: Michigan Update
Mar.1: Tennessee Update
Feb.28: TX Ag Committee Hearing Report
Feb.26: Update on HB 461
Feb.23: HB 461 (Texas) set for hearing.
Feb. 17: National Update on NAIS
Feb. 6: Texas bills sent to House Committee on Agriculture
Jan. 29: Write Congress about USDA User Guide; State updates; new grassroots membership category
Jan.18: Anti-NAIS legislation introduced in Texas. Write or call your representative and senator to support HB 637!
Jan. 17: Call the Michigan Governor to stop RFID tagging.
Jan. 11: Anti-NAIS legislation introduced in multiple states, the USDA's Agriculture Survey, and more.
Jan. 1: Michigan Commission of Agriculture meeting.

2006 Action Alerts:

Dec. 4: Write Congress to ask for hearings on NAIS!
Nov. 27: Analysis of USDA's User Guide
Oct. 23: County Farm Bureaus reject mandatory NAIS and other news
Oct. 9: Find out where Texas candidates stand on NAIS
Oct. 2: Update on National status
Sept. 19: Congressional bill to bar mandatory NAIS
Sept. 13: How to submit comments on Texas Equine Rules
Sept. 8: Update on National Status
Sept. 7: The Great Bird Flu Hoax
Sept. 3: How to submit comments to the Texas Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture
Aug. 28: Michigan meeting
Aug. 17: New ESWG recommendations and more
Aug. 6: Update on Texas status
July 26: How to submit comments on USDA’s requests for extensions
July 20: Update on Texas status
June 26: Update on U.S. Agriculture Appropriations Bill
June 12: Appropriations Bill goes to the U.S. Senate Committee
June 4: How to submit comments on the 2007 Farm Bill
May 24: Final vote on Ron Paul Amendment
May 19: Ron Paul proposes amendment to the U.S. Agriculture Appropriations Bill
May 10: Harrison County adopts anti-NAIS resolution and more
April 28: Update on the Texas Special Session