From:               Shae Dodson, R-CALF USA Communications Coordinator

Date:                May 19, 2009

Subject:           Hear Tomorrow’s NAIS Listening Session in Austin, Texas

KFLP-AM out of Floydada, Texas, will broadcast live tomorrow’s National Animal Identification System listening session from Austin, Texas. The broadcast begins at 9 a.m. CDT.

R-CALF USA members in the Texas Panhandle and in the Southern Plains can listen via the radio at 900 on the AM dial. Other members can listen via the Internet, at www.AllAgNews.com.

R-CALF USA Region V Director Stayton Weldon will be in attendance. Because USDA chooses the speakers via a lottery system, Weldon is not guaranteed the opportunity to speak. However, at the recent listening session in Pasco, Wash., everyone in attendance was given permission to speak their piece.

Upcoming NAIS listening sessions are as follows: Thursday, May 21: Birmingham, Ala.; Friday, May 22: Louisville, Ky.; Wednesday, May 27: Storrs, Conn.; and, Monday, June 1: Greeley, Colo.

We encourage all of our members to try to participate in the listening session closest to them to express our fundamental opposition to NAIS. Talking points and other information are available via the “Animal ID” link at www.r-calfusa.com. R-CALF USA members also are encouraged to circulate this member alert as widely as possible.

Thank you in advance for your hard work to stop NAIS in its tracks.

Additional information on the meetings can be found at: www.usda.gov/nais/feedback.shtml.

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R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the continued profitability and viability of the U.S. cattle industry. R-CALF USA represents thousands of U.S. cattle producers on trade and marketing issues. Members are located across 47 states and are primarily cow/calf operators, cattle backgrounders, and/or feedlot owners. R-CALF USA directors and committee chairs are extremely active unpaid volunteers. R-CALF USA has dozens of affiliate organizations and various main-street businesses are associate members. For more information, visit www.r-calfusa.com  or, call 406-252-2516.   

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