Where can I find more official information about NAIS and goat identification?
#6 A: Here is the web site for the NAIS Goat Working Group: http://AnimalID.org This is not an ADGA group, but ADGA members as well as members from other goat registries have served on the committee. It has worked to help ensure that goat breeders have input into any animal identification program affecting goats. It has also made specific requests to USDA to allow the options of using the forms of ID listed above, including ADGA tattoos. The USDA web site for NAIS is: http://www.usda.gov/nais/ #7 Q: Is the survey recently requested from USDA/NASS related to the NAIS program? #7 A: No. NASS is the National Agricultural Statistics Service and NAIS is the National Animal Identification System – a program under the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service agency. These are very different. Providing details about one’s operation to NASS does not provide anything to USDA/APHIS nor NAIS. Congress mandates that an Ag Census be conducted every 5 years. It is important that small farms be accurate
