Dr. Ralph Noble of the Department of Animal Sciences is assisting Operation Spring Plant (a nonprofit that provides technical and financial assistance to minority-owned and limited-resources farmers. The partnerships will be hosting one of six national listening sessions that USDA has scheduled for getting feedback from small-scale producers on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The listening session that the chair of the SAES’s Dept. of Animal Sciences and Operation Spring Plant are coordinating will be at the McKimmon Center on the N.C. State University campus in Raleigh on Thursday, June 25. Registration will start at 8 to 9 a.m. and the session itself will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Raleigh listening session is part of a second wave of six sessions that complements seven sessions in May and early June that were held at locations across the U.S. Although preregistration isn't required, livestock producers and other individuals planning to attend are nonetheless asked to preregister by sending USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) an e-mail or by giving the agency a call at 301–734–0799. Preregistration is an especially good idea for those who are planning to present questions or concerns at the listening session. (In the subject line of the e-mail, please give your own name or your organization’s name, and indicate that you’ll be attending the Raleigh listening session. In the body of the message, give your name and organization name and indicate that you’d like to present comments or concerns at the listening session.)
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