Contact your State Senator to oppose the Animal ID bill Updated April 28: The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would authorize the Texas…
Action Alert (Texas): Keep Up the Calls to Oppose Animal ID
Please keep up the calls and emails on the Animal ID bills! The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would authorize the state agency to adopt…
Action Alert (Texas): Call Your Texas Legislators to Oppose New Animal ID Bill
The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would authorize the Texas Animal Health Commission to adopt federal regulations and require every chicken to have a…
Action Alert (Texas): Animal ID Bill Has Been Weakened
Please do NOT register in support of the bill, and stay tuned for more actions. We’re sorry to send out so many alerts, but things…
Action Alert (Texas): Several Local Foods Bills Get a Hearing This Week
April is crunch time at the Texas Legislature. Over the next few weeks, bills with either get Committee hearings and move forward or effectively die. We…
Animal Disease Traceability – Overview
Just before Christmas 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule on “Animal Disease Traceability.” In brief, the final rule requires official identification…
Press Release: USDA Issues Final Animal ID Rule
The USDA issued a final rule on Animal ID today. While we are still working on a complete analysis of the rule, USDA’s announcement identified several…
Action Alert (Texas): Submit Comments to TAHC on Proposed Exemption for Mandatory Cattle ID
This summer, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) adopted a rule requiring all adult cattle (over the age of 18 months) to be officially identified with…
FARFA Comments to Texas Animal Health Commission on Proposed Exemption for Mandatory Cattle ID
Via e-mail: comments@tahc.state.tx.us Texas Animal Health Commission P.O. Box 12966 Austin, TX 78711-2966 Re: Comments on proposed change to 4 TAC §35.4 Dear TAHC: The Farm…
Press Release: Farm and Consumer Organizations Protest Animal ID Scheme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judith McGeary, Executive Director (P) 254-697-2661 | (E) judith@farmandranchfreedom.org Farm and Consumer Organizations Protest Animal ID Scheme Drought-Stricken Farmers and Ranchers…