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IDcuts_hmtop photo SALE DAY--Cattle, identified with electronic ID tags, await sale at the Bloomfield Livestock Auction, Bloomfield, Iowa. Electronic tags are one of the ways livestock can be identified in the National Animal Identification System. (Journal photo by Jennifer Bremer.) IDENTIFIED--Steers like this one will hopefully all be identified individually through the NAIS voluntary program, according to Bruce Knight, undersecretary for the USDA's marketing and regulatory programs. Knight says more than one in four farms in the United States have premise ID numbers. (Journal photo by Jennifer Bremer.) ADVANTAGE--Mike John, manager of the Health Track Beef Alliance, says that animal ID has given participating producers a competitive advantage in the marketplace. (Journal photo by Doug Rich.) B 1 7/16/07 6 Star Midwest Ag Date: 7/11/07
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