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Industry organizations are partnering with USDA to promote the value and importance of premises registration - an effort to identify all the locations in the United States where livestock and/or poultry are raised or housed. Partners are nonprofit organizations that represent the livestock, poultry, or equine industries or work in the field of agriculture education.
Current industry partners include:
American Angus Association
The American Angus Association is the nation's largest beef registry association with over 30,000 adult and junior members. Their goal is to serve the beef cattle industry, and increase the production of consistent, high quality beef that will better satisfy consumers throughout the world.
For information on NAIS and the American Angus Association, visit: www.angus-nais.org/ American Sheep Industry
The American Sheep Industry (ASI) is the national organization representing the interests of more than 69,000 sheep producers located throughout the United States. ASI is a producer-powered federation of 44 state organizations and individual members dedicated to the common goal of promoting the profitability and well-being of the U.S. sheep industry.
For information on NAIS and ASI, visit:
www.sheepusa.org/index.phtml?page=site/
text&nav_id=bbe4ac2bced3271a5a89002b58b479de Humane Farm Animal Care
Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) is a nonprofit organization created to offer a certification and labeling program for meat, eggs, dairy and poultry products from animals raised according to HFAC Animal Care Standards. Developed with the welfare of the individual animal in mind, Certified Humane standards ensure that the animal is treated humanely and in accordance with the highest farm animal welfare standards available today, as the animal is raised, transported and processed.
For information on NAIS and HFAC, visit: www.premises101.com
National Cattlemen's Foundation
The National Cattlemen's Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, advances the future of the beef industry through education and scholarship, consumer interest, crisis assistance, legacy preservation, and environmental stewardship. The National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization (FFA) is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. FFA has over 500,000 student members preparing for leadership careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture. National Milk Producers Federation for iDairy
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) develops and carries out policies that advance the well-being of dairy producers and the cooperatives they own. The members of the Federation's 31 cooperatives produce the majority of the U.S. milk supply, making NMPF the voice of more than 40,000 dairy producers on Capitol Hill and with government agencies.
iDairy consists of six organizations (Holstein Association USA, National Association of Animal Breeders, National Dairy Herd Information Association, National Milk Producers Federation, Dairy Calf and Heifer Association, and American Jersey Cattle Association) that serve thousands of dairy farmers. iDairy believes that the industry will be best served when all dairy operations, and ultimately, all dairy cows, are identified in a national central database. National Pork Board
The National Pork Board has responsibility for Checkoff-funded research, promotion and consumer information projects and for communicating with pork producers and the public. The Pork Checkoff funds national and state programs in advertising, consumer information, retail and foodservice marketing, export market promotion, production improvement, technology, swine health, pork safety and environmental management.
For information on NAIS and the National Pork Board, visit: http://www.pork.org/Porkscience/
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