The Minnesota Board of Animal Health announced that the Minnesota legislature passed a bill to ensure confidentiality of premises and animal data information collected as part of the National Animal Identification System. The Board of Animal Health, the Minnesota Extension Service, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are working together to register all Minnesota livestock premises by the end of the year. That would include all farms, auction markets, processing plants, etc. Minnesota's voluntary National Animal Identification System has already assigned over 7,300 national premises identification numbers.

 

The National Animal Identification System is set to be implemented gradually over the next couple of years, with compliance required by USDA beginning in 2008.  Implementation could be accelerated by an animal health event, such as the recent BSE cows or TB found in a beef herd in the NW part of the state.

 

DHIA is in the final selection process and we plan to offer compliant Radio Frequency ID tags this fall.  These tags replace the steel tags that have carried the USDA shield and have been part of USDA’s animal health programs for decades now.  Expect the tags to cost between $2.30 and $2.75 each.  The tags have very high retention rates when placed properly, according to many practical studies worldwide.  The plan is that the RFID tag you place in a calf’s ear will be there for the lifetime of the animal.  Very few have gone missing in experience to date going back to 1999.

 

DHIA has always collected all the information necessary for the NAIS system, and we plan to routinely handle NAIS reporting for DHIA customers that authorize us to do that.  Reports are being redesigned to handle the longer international number, and the software changes have already been developed for use by field reps and on-farm Dairy Comp 305. 

 

Once the system is in place, animals will need an RFID tag to enter commerce or exhibitions, and those receiving animals will need to report the animal being sited by date and location (farm, auction house, county fair, etc).  We expect that those utilizing the DHIA system will have very little different to do to make NAIS work, other than switching to an RFID tag.   USDA does not plan to require retagging of older animals upon implementation, but market forces may dictate retagging.

 

 

Minnesota DHIA Anniversaries

Our sincere congratulations go out to our hard working Minnesota DHIA employees.  This month, Field Rep Charles Sell of Brownsville, is celebrating his 25^th year of service and Regional Manager, Gabe Gieske of Sauk Centre is celebrating 5 years of service.  Please join us in extending our thanks to them for all the good work they do for our organization.

Congratulations to August Milk Quality Leaders

	SCC	Cows			SCC	Cows
DAN AND JOLENE/SCHLANGEN	31	60		GOODVUE AYR FARMS II	110	56
JOHN/NATHE	49	225		ROBERT/SLATER	110	15
NORBERT/BROWN	52	46		KEVIN/ANDERSON	110	46
DAVID/SMITH	57	32		FJEL-MAR DAIRY	110	108
BOB & TERRI/KETCHUM	59	108		MICHAEL/REDALEN	112	105
JIM/KULINSKI	62	52		DONALD + DARLENE/MATROS	112	63
REUBEN AND JANICE/STOMMES	63	69		SCOTT/HIPPEN	112	57
FRANK/PATRICK	66	59		JERRY + BEV/POHLMANN	114	61
JOEL & NICOLE/GROSS	68	47		F  LYLE/SONDAG	114	37
WALLACE + ROGER/BRADLEY	69	36		DAN/MICHAELIS	115	31
ART AND JANE/STUMPF	71	50		SON-BOW FARMS INC	116	916
MARK/KLEHR	73	52		TRAVIS & GARY/LEHNERTZ	117	39
GERALD+LISA/BURG	73	47		STEVEN/TROGSTAD	117	46
MIKE + JULIE/KULZER	75	55		RUIS-ING SUN DAIRY	118	67
ZUMBRO VIEW FARMS LLC	76	46		PAUL & MARY/ZIMMERMAN	118	56
SCHEFERS BROS/	78	77		CHAIN O LAKES DAIRY	120	178
MARK/PIEPER	79	40		FAIRVIEW DAIRY	121	260
SIBERT FARMS	82	42		HOLLERMANN DAIRY	122	232
MARK & CARLA/BRUNHOLZL	83	23		RICHARD/MILLER AND SONS	123	132
BRED & BUTTER DAIRY/	86	60		DALE/SMITH	123	167
DEAN/OELTJEN	87	66		GILMAN/HALBAKKEN	124	76
JOHN+MARY/RADEMACHER	89	80		BREEZY HILL DAIRY	124	318
MATT AND CARY/HORNICK	89	59		RON AMY SHAWN/BEMBOOM	125	86
MICHAEL/BRUCE	89	106		RUECHEL DAIRY FARM	128	80
DEAN + ELIZABETH/JOHNSON	91	75		AL + MARK/SCHMITT	128	95
WAYNE AND WADE/ATHEY	91	42		BREEZY WILLOWS DAIRY	128	28
DAVID/SCHUUR	92	49		PINE OAKS DAIRY	129	67
MAAS FARMS/	92	40		DANIEL/HALLBERG	130	58
MATT-LARRY/BORST	93	137		SONNEK FARMS/	130	59
RANDY/FRIESE	95	30		KIMM'S DAIRY	131	84
RICK + JOE/FLANDERS	96	50		MIKE + ROSIE/ZEIG	132	32
PRAHL DAIRY	96	29		LEO/LENZMEIER	132	54
PATRICK/BRODEEN	97	45		ROSEVEIW DAIRY/	132	165
HAZEL-BUSH FARMS INC	97	49		RICK/HEUER	133	75
FRED/VIERE	98	78		PAUL/NIBBE	133	36
AIMEE/FINLEY	98	92		SENST BROS	133	90
KEITH/MAUS	98	44		D & J  DAIRY	134	61
SCHREIBER BROS/	100	83		HIESERICH FARM	134	85
GARY AND KARISSA WINGERT	101	69		KIDMAN DAIRY	134	80
OAK GLEN/JOHNS	101	31		MIKE/HAGLUND	134	55
RICK&MICHELLE/MARSCHALL	103	116		PHIL/SUESS	135	49
JIM/STORTZ	104	28		ROBERT + FAWN/STAUB	135	30
RONALD/FIELD	104	32		PATRICK/MULLENBACH	139	124
GLENARD AND MARK/TESSMER	104	44		ROGER + WENDY/SORENSON	140	27
RAYMOND/JONES	104	69		JAMES/HAUSCHILDT	140	93
BRUCE/RUNDHAUG	105	58		DAVID & JEFF/WILLE	140	35
DAN/MEYER	106	57		CLYDE R/JOHNSON	142	35
HCL FARMS	108	173		DONALD/CHRISTEN	142	42
EARL/FELLING	108	71		TWIN OAKS DAIRY	142	52
GUSTAFSON GUERNSEY FARM/	109	59		JOHN-LORI/SALONEK	142	78