State & Tribal Field Trial Projects

The States and Tribes play a lead role in the administration of NAIS. USDA has funded a number of projects with States and Tribes, who collaborated with industry partners to carry out various field trials and research projects related to NAIS implementation. This work has focused on resolving questions and concerns about NAIS processes, costs, and technologies.

Many of the projects tested NAIS in real-world scenarios, integrating animal identification and animal tracing into everyday commerce. The results provide valuable information about the day-to-day use of animal identification and tracing technology. More information on these projects is provided in Pilot Projects/Field Trials Summary - May 2007 (PDF; 10.9MB).

Click on your State on the map or choose from the drop down list below to access your State's website and find out more about what is happening in your local area.