It has been a while since I took the picture below. What is it? It’s paperwork! My farm came with a few acres along the creek in a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Along with the CRP came paperwork and lots of it. In fact, I was shocked by the amount of paperwork, information, and signatures [...]
Category Archives: NAIS
The Beginning Farmer
August 17, 2008 – 6:56 am
I surfed over the The Des Moines Register this morning and read a story that really warmed my heart. A Farm is Born is a story about Ethan Book, a man who wanted to become a farmer. Ethan and his wife Becca have established a small farm in south-central Iowa where they raise grass-fed beef, [...]
If Wal-Mart Can’t Do It…
May 2, 2008 – 5:18 pm
…how can you? Wal-Mart is one of the most technologically advanced retailers in the world. Their distribution system is second to none. Yet, their RFID initiative has all but failed. Recently, Computerworld ran an article called Some Suppliers Gain From Failed Wal-Mart RFID Edict. (The quotes below are from the article.) RFID is the most [...]
What We Are Up Against
January 14, 2008 – 1:24 pm
It is no secret that corporations or bureaucracies can outlive the will or strength of an individual person. Why do I bring this up? I do this because the National Animal Identification is being pushed on farmers and ranchers by corporate businesses and a huge government bureaucracy, the USDA. Believe me; they do not have your [...]
Feeling Like Cattle
November 4, 2007 – 8:23 am
Have you ever been to a conference or meeting where you were herded around like cattle? Now you really can experience NAIS for yourself! Computerworld published a story, IBM Uses RFID to track conference attendees, that describes IBM’s public trial of this technology. One interesting quote: Of the 6,500 people here, approximately 2% didn’t want [...]