by  Marti Oakley (c) copyright 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Somewhere in 2004, when USDA began openly talking about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a simultaneous effort was already underway in each state to buy access to state agricultural agencies via cooperative funding agreements wherein the incorporated state Ag agencies contracted with the USDA to implement the USDA business plans. 

What NAIS was never really about was the ability to trace back disease in animals, as a system was already well established and in place in every, state.  What the USDA was and is still after is the ability to gain control over every aspect of food production whether it is animals or crops.  Instrumental in that plan is geo-accounting.  More