West Virginia Premise ID System

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West Virginia Premise ID System

• Melissa Garrett
• State Animal ID Coordinator

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We Started out the Year at the West Virginia
State Fair

• We kicked off West Virginia Premise ID Program in
  August of 2004 at our West Virginia State Fair
  where we signed up over 200 farmers that first
  week.
• We reached producers from across the state of
  West Virginia

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Trained in September by Feds

• In September of last fall we were trained by the
  feds on the National Animal Identification
  System.
• They trained us on how to use the Premise
  Registration System.
• We started using the Premise Registration System
  right after we were trained.
• Producers filled out Premise ID Forms and we
  processed them and entered them into the system.

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In October and November

• We attended County Farm Bureau Meetings and
  Extension meetings across the state educating
  producers about the Premise ID Program and the
  upcoming Animal ID Program.
• We also attended the state Farm Bureau Conference
  where we reached farmers and producers from all
  over the state of West Virginia.

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Assigning Premise ID Numbers

• After assigning Premise ID numbers to producers
  we sent them a certificate, two wallet size
  cards, and a thank you letter from Commissioner
  Douglass.
• We designed these tools to be used only for the
  Premise ID Program.

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Outreach Activities

• Market Bulletin (sent to 60,000 farm families)
• Farm Bureau Newsletters
• Dinner Meetings
• Farm Bureau Meetings
• County Extension Agents
• Animal ID Mooos
• Fairs and Festivals
• Hands-on Workshops

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Animal ID Mooos.

• I have been sending out a series of Newsletters
  on Premise and Animal ID updates.
• These newsletters are sent to extension offices,
  every producer who has a Premise ID assigned with
  the state of WV, and are handed out at all of the
  fairs and festivals.

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Brochures

• Designed and used our own unique Premise ID
  brochures.
• Designed and used our own unique Animal ID
  brochures.
• Used USDA Animal and Premise ID Brochures

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West Virginia University Extension Agents

• The West Virginia University Extension Service
  has been a great asset to our Premise ID Program
  in West Virginia.
• We provide each of our extension agents with a
  GPS Unit so that they can obtain GPS readings for
  the farms in their county.
• If we have a problem with an address in the
  system, the extension agents are always willing
  to help us in any way they can in getting their
  producers a premise id number.

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Overcoming Problems

• These Extension Agents have helped us overcome
  problems with address and other problems we have
  encountered due to 911 addressing issues.

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Kicking off 2005

• At the beginning of 2005 we attended a series of
  dinner meetings in conjunction with the West
  Virginia University Extension Service. We
  educated producers at fifteen different locations
  throughout the state of West Virginia.
• County Extension Agents set up these meetings in
  their counties.

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Hands On Activities

• We held a few hands on activities this summer and
  spring to let producers see and use ID Equipment.
• We held these workshops at farms and fairs
  throughout the state of West Virginia.

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Huttonsville Prison Farm

• Here we tagged over 200 head of cows and calves
  at the farm.
• RFID tags are being used to track cows and calves
  for production records and as part of a
  multi-year study of weaning systems.

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Putnam County Fair

• State Veterinarian, Dr. Joe Starcher, tags calves
  at Putnam County Fair.
• These tags were put in all the feeder calves ears
  for their fair at their spring weigh-in.
• The Putnam County Fair required each youth
  exhibiting at the fair to have a Premise ID
  number.

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Farm in Lewis County

• A hands on workshop was held in the central part
  of the state so producers could see how easy the
  ID Equipment really is to use.
• Tagged 36 head of cows and calves.

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All Market Animals Tagged at State Fair

• All animals for tagged for tracking
• We tagged
• STEERS
• HOGS
• GOATS
• LAMBS
• Verification of ownership
• Increased efficiency at weigh-in and facilitated
  class assignments

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Fairs and Festivals

• We attended 12 fairs and festivals throughout the
  state of West Virginia this summer promoting
  Premise and Animal ID.
• We had a animal id display trailer and a tabletop
  display to put outside for people to pick up
  literature and to get information.

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West Virginia has registered 7500 premises.

• We registered all premises on a voluntary basis.
• No batchloading
• Farmers/Producers registered with WV by filling
  out a form and we entered their information into
  the database and processed the forms.

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Southeastern Livestock Network

• Over the past year we have been involved with the
  Southeastern Livestock Network on the Cow Pilot
  Project.
• We had a very successful Cow Sale at a livestock
  market in the central part of West Virginia.

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Cow Pilot Project

• At the cow sale we tagged 138 cows with RFID
  tags, and showed producers the tags and the
  equipment used.
• When the cows left the sale ring they walked
  through a panel reader where farmers and buyers
  could see how this equipment worked in the market
  place.

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I hope all of you will have a successful Premise
ID Program like we have in West Virginia
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Thank You
Thank You

• Any Questions??

Any Questions???