Freeper Roccus got a USDA survey which automatically registers you for Premise ID. He doesn’t have any animals.
Yet, he has lovely plants. That is the ‘ability’ to produce agri items.
Yes, plants qualifies you for premise registration. That was a gift from the Jimmy Carter era.
Maybe I should have told them about the fish that swim in the stream that runs through my property. That’s the stream whose banks I’m not allowed to shore up against erosion without US Army Corps of Engineers permission!
Well, looks like I’ll just be cultivating those “weeds” that grow behind the barn “all by themselves,” LOL! If I’m going to get in trouble, may as well go all the way. ;)
I did talk this over with a goat farmer at work today. I printed out the original article posted here, and a few of the links for him. He has a herd of about 300 goats, and sells the milk to a local cheese maker and he gets back some of the product to sell at market. He does the Dane County Farmer’s Market around the capitol square, and it’s a BIG DEAL to be a vendor there. Very lucrative and they are uber-selective, so the guy knows his stuff.
Anyhow, he agreed with me to a point, but then he said he would like to know if the ‘Hobby Farm’ down the road had some sort of outbreak that would infect his goats, he’d want to know right away and vice versa.
I told him it’s just another foot in the door for Government and Big Ag to more easily confiscate our animals in the future. I was surprised at his reaction because he is a smart business owner, and an intelligent guy.
He’s got to be one of many out there that aren’t worried about this though, and won’t know what hit them when the goat pellets hit the fan. :(