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Animal ID System Faces Stiff Opposition

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2007 A program the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls “one of the largest systematic changes ever faced by the livestock industry” may be in trouble. The National Animal Identification System, which has been praised by some…

Bill May Force Landowners to Shoulder Firefighting Cost

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

When Smokey Bear says, “Only you can prevent forest fires,” he really means it. After several years of historic wildfires in the West that have strained firefighting budgets, burned thousands of acres, and destroyed homes, lawmakers in Washington and at…