Here are a couple excerpts from a press release from  former Iowa Governor and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will hold a series of listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

The meetings will take place next month in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington state.

Why are the sessions only being held in seven states?  I don’t know.  There should be a session held in every state, as everyone will be affected by this program.

The full article can be read here.