NAIS is trying to be a one-size-fits-all program yet there is a huge difference between granny's back yard hens, a pot belly pig in suburbia, horses which are not in the food chain and the multi-billion dollar corporate ag and factory farms, which this program was ultimately made for. (oh by the way, the factory farms get one lot number per groups of animals, but granny has to microchip every animal she has and report their births, deaths and off-property movements.)
I wonder about the legalities of having children sign up property that they do not hold the title to… whether it belongs to their parents or to the neighbors, for once a certain property is signed up, the number given is forever, even if after a time, there are no animals on it….
In the NAIS document those who own livestock are called “stakeholder” and the land upon which the livestock presides is “premises”. Contracts use certain words for a reason. The lectric law library states that the word premises signifies a formal part of a deed,and is made to designate an estate; to designate is to name or entitle. Therefore a premises has no protection under the United States constitution and has no exclusive rights of the owner tied to it. Stakeholder (the term the USDA is using to identify us) refers to a third party who temporarily holds money or property while its owner is still being determined.
There is more to this NAIS than we are being told by the usda. usda sponsored meetings across America urge livestock owners to sign up for NAIS. Questions are asked about the program, its costs and ramifications and the answer keeps coming back “We don't know, but sign up anyway!” Would you buy a car or anything like that???
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NAIS is trying to be a one-size-fits-all program yet there is a huge difference between granny's back yard hens, a pot belly pig in suburbia, horses which are not in the food chain and the multi-billion dollar corporate ag and factory farms, which this program was ultimately made for. (oh by the way, the factory farms get one lot number per groups of animals, but granny has to microchip every animal she has and report their births, deaths and off-property movements.)
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I wonder about the legalities of having children sign up property that they do not hold the title to… whether it belongs to their parents or to the neighbors, for once a certain property is signed up, the number given is forever, even if after a time, there are no animals on it….
In the NAIS document those who own livestock are called “stakeholder” and the land upon which the livestock presides is “premises”. Contracts use certain words for a reason. The lectric law library states that the word premises signifies a formal part of a deed,and is made to designate an estate; to designate is to name or entitle. Therefore a premises has no protection under the United States constitution and has no exclusive rights of the owner tied to it. Stakeholder (the term the USDA is using to identify us) refers to a third party who temporarily holds money or property while its owner is still being determined.
There is more to this NAIS than we are being told by the usda. usda sponsored meetings across America urge livestock owners to sign up for NAIS. Questions are asked about the program, its costs and ramifications and the answer keeps coming back “We don't know, but sign up anyway!” Would you buy a car or anything like that???