NARC&SP - What's new?

12-31-05

Just when we are settled in with Coggins testing, etc......now a new regulation is coming

Q: Does the average horse owner who rides for pleasure or hobby have to register? What about people that have a cow or 2?

A: yes, the average horse owner will need to register, if the animal is kept on your property. If the animal is stabled on someone else's property, then the stable owner will register. For cattle owners, the registration is required. --Carla

Note: in article, stables must register

Q: Does this new registration (saw that it affects Live Stock Shows) affect riding clubs that hold horse events like playdays, ropings, barrel races?

A: Yes. Venues where animals will be congregated--like arenas, will need a premises number.

Q: if we lease an arena to hold events at then do we have to have the registration or the arena?
A: No. The owner is to have the premises registration, if he or she leases it for animal events--or has animals on the property. ce

Fact Sheet from the Texas Animal Health Commission
Premises Identification Proposed Regulations

Commissioners for the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) proposed regulations for Texas’ premises and animal identification program at their December meeting. Comments will be accepted on the proposals for 45 days from publication in the Texas Register. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. Monday, February 6, 2006, and may be submitted to comments@tahc.state.tx.us, faxed to (512) 719-0721, or mailed to: Delores Holubec, TAHC, Box 12966, Austin, TX 78711-2966. The entire text of the rule proposal may be found at: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/PROPOSED/4.AGRICULTURE.html
If you have trouble accessing the page and would like to review the text, please email Carla Everett at ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us.

Why these regulations were proposed…

During the recent legislative session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1361, authorizing the TAHC to develop and implement an animal identification system consistent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Identification System (NAIS). HB 1361 (Chapter 161.056 of the Texas Agriculture Code) also authorizes the TAHC to determine when premises identification will be required and to assess and collect fees for premises registration.

As the NAIS is phased in, the TAHC’s program also will evolve. TAHC commissioners have proposed regulations at this time for premises identification only. Premises identification is the foundation for all other components of the NAIS.

Prior to July 1, 2006, premises in Texas may be registered at no charge, and the premises identification number will remain valid through June 30, 2008. Although the 7-character premises identification number will not change, the premises registration must be renewed July 1, 2008, and every 24 months thereafter. At renewal, the proposed regulations provide for a yearly premises registration fee of $10, paid biennially. The $20 two-year registration fee is to be submitted to the TAHC at the time of registration renewal.

On July 1, 2006, premises registration will be compulsory in Texas. All persons who own, manage or are caretakers for locations where livestock, exotic livestock, poultry, or exotic poultry are handled must register their premises with the TAHC and submit the $20 two-year fee. Renewal and fee payment will be required every 24 months thereafter.

Privacy considerations under the proposed TAHC regulations…

Information collected by the TAHC for premises or animal identification is exempt from public disclosure requirements under the Texas Public Information Act.

Compliance and the proposed regulations…

Although the TAHC commissioners always urge voluntary compliance with agency regulations, the proposals include penalties for noncompliance.

The Texas Agriculture Code (law) may be found on the TAHC website at http://www.tahc.state.tx.us, by selecting the “Statutes and Regulations” link on the front page.

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Basics of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)…

The goal of the NAIS is to enable animal health officials to identify locations where infected or exposed animals have been and to track animal movement from those locations within 48 hours, in the event of an animal disease outbreak. Three main components comprise the system:

Premises identification defines a geographic site, such as ranches, farms, feedlots, livestock markets, slaughter establishments, rendering or carcass collection points, veterinary clinics, livestock show, fair or exhibition sites, quarantine facilities, laboratories, ports of entry, or any other facilities where animals are handled. These include cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats and hogs; exotic livestock; domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, and game birds; and poultry and exotic fowl.

The premises number is a unique 7-character code, issued by the TAHC or USDA. Owners or managers can register their premises and obtain the unique code online at the TAHC web site at http://www.tahc.state.tx.us. Applications also may be obtained at many cooperative extension service offices, livestock markets, veterinary clinics or from livestock and poultry associations. As of early December, more than 4,200 premises in Texas had been registered. In the U.S. (including Texas), about 160,000 have been registered.

A person who owns or manages two or more locations and commingles animals may register the locations under one premises number. However, if a person maintains livestock on multiple locations but does not commingle the animals, then each location should be registered separately.

Animal identification, when implemented, will require that certain species of animals are tagged with a uniquely numbered 15-digit electronic identification device when they are moved from their herd of origin, or are commingled with animals from other premises. The device is intended to remain with the animal for life. If a device is lost, the animal can be retagged.

Under the national animal identification system (NAIS), still in development, premises numbers will NOT be imprinted on the animal identification devices. The unique 7-character premises identification and the
15-digit animal identification device number will correlate only in records. Each animal identification device will be individually numbered.

In the NAIS, some species, such as commercially produced swine or poultry, may be identified by group/lot numbers, provided the animals are held and managed as a group throughout the pre-harvest production process.

Animal tracking, the final component of the national plan, will involve recording and reporting those animals moved, sold, commingled or slaughtered. This component, when implemented, will enable efficient tracing of animals for disease eradication efforts.

Additional NAIS information and links can be found on the TAHC web site at:
http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/animal_id/index.shtml

Mini Peewee - Brooke Jordan
Peewee - Jordan Lane
Junior - Ryan White
Intermediate - Brittany Scarbro
Senior - Lesa Jordan
Super Senior - Rob Tomerlin

Winner of the 2-horse trailer was Natalie Dennis!

(pictured in the trailer are our Queen, Shannon Race and President, Pepper Kuykendall)

Mini Pee Wee Girls – Brooke Jordan
Mini Pee Wee Boys – Tyler Kittoe
Pee Wee Girls – Ryan White
Pee Wee Boys – Kyle Fuchshuber
Junior Girls – Natalie Dennis
Junior Boys – Justin Morris
Intermediate Women – Holly Johnson
Intermediate Men – Michael Teague
Senior Women – Lesa Jordan
Senior Men – Brad Jackson
Super Senior Women – Sylvia Quance
Super Senior Men – Sammy Blay
Classic Women – Katie Lindamood
Classic Men – Jack Moore

Mini Pee Wee – Tyler Kittoe & Wyatt Rumfield
Pee Wee – Cheyenne Zaby & Jake Villaire
Junior – Jessica Key & Jessica Fulford
Intermediate – Portia Mohr & Amy Britt
Senior – Shelly Henken & Chip Cooper
Super Senior – Kim Race & Lyndon Race
Classic – Vicki Berry & Ray Berry

Congratulations to the following winners at Cherokee's Team Tournament playday:

Click on team names to see team members

There were 13 (6-person) teams and everyone had a great time. Each member of the 1st place team won very nice Montana Silversmith belt buckles. This was a really unique and fun competition! Thanks to everyone that came to ride. We will probably do it again next year and have good awards for several places.

1st place Sr: Star Spangled Wranglers/Wise County Wranglers
2nd place Sr: Dream Catchers
3rd place Sr: Riders of Faith
4th place Sr: Ramblers

1st place Junior Team: Vision

Congratulations to the following SADDLE winners at the 2003Queen's Trailer Extravaganza:

JR team - Mini Mule Train Express
Timed team - Mule Train
Open team - Silver Bullets

Single Events

Teams

Congratulations to "Riders of Faith" on their first place win last Sunday at the NARC&SP Mini-Comp.

Congratulations to "Dream Catchers" on their second place win at the NARC&SP Mini-Comp. This is a drill team from Tyler, Texas. Glad to have you all competing!

Congratulations to "Crowley Ramblers" on their third place win at the NARC&SP Mini-Comp.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support the drill teams.

Congratulations to the newly crowned 2002 Miss NARC&SP, Amanda Kinder!!

CLICK HERE to read more about the 2001 October Convention.

HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE 3 GIRLS RUNNING FOR QUEEN.

DISTRICT ONE: STEFANIE KAY BULLOCK , CEDAR HILL SADDLE CLUB
DISTRICT TWO: AMANDA KINDER , WISE COUNTY WRANGLERS
DISTRICT SEVEN : AMY BRITT, ALVARADO RANGE RIDERS

Brandi Harrington of District 7--Cherokee Saddle Club !!! Way to go Brandi !!!

Her parents are Randy and Sherry Harrington. Brandi attends Alvarado High School. The scholarship chairperson, LuAnn Teague, would like to thank all those who submitted applications and congratulate them on their achievements. The entire Scholarship committee wishes success to all in achieving their goals.

I have re-designed the website and put a menu on the left side. Since this site is changing so often as I add new sections, it has become quite cumbersome to change the menu on all of the pages. Now when a new section is added, I only have to change the menu in one place. Plus, I think it makes navigation around the website much easier. What do you think?

One of the latest new sections is a listing of all the Districts and Clubs. Since there are now 2 clubs and 1 District that have their own website, this is a good place to link to them and also a good place for others to see just how many clubs we have and what their names are.

Another new section is the Club Articles. Mansfield Riding Club submitted their November article and I am hoping that other clubs will follow their example in the future.

2000 October Convention - CLICK HERE for a short report and some pictures.

Congratulations to the 2000 National Playday Finals Single Event High Point Winners!

★ MINI PEE-WEE GIRLS 1) Katy Nelson 2) Shelby Smith 3) Brittany Cantrell 4) Makinzie Wetmore 5) Shandee Foster	★ MINI PEE-WEE BOYS 1) Colten Nolan 2) Clay Crossan 3) Wesley Williams 4) Troy Tidwell
★ PEE-WEE GIRLS 1) Victoria Guilbeau 2) Lauren Gunter 3) Cheyenne Zaby 4) Kalyn McDaniel 5) Britni Rawdon	★ PEE-WEE BOYS 1) Tucker Wetmore 2) Nat McEwen 3) Billy Manning 4) Jake Tischler 5) Austin Kinder
★ JUNIOR GIRLS 1) Natalie Dennis 2) Amber Caudill 3) Courtney McEwen 4) Kelsey Williams 5) Ryan White	★ JUNIOR BOYS 1) Brandon Rawdon 2) Kyle Fuchshuber 3) Travis Plowman 4) Justin Morris 5) Corey Waggoner
★ INTERMEDIATE WOMEN 1) Daisy Booth 2) Larynn Mitchell 3) Kody Blay 4) Holly Johnson 5) Katie Gray	★ INTERMEDIATE MEN 1) Mike Teague 2) Cassey Waggoner 3) Andy Doty 4) Dirk Jackson 5) Pepper Kuykendall, Jr.
★ SENIOR WOMEN 1) Cassie Tomerlin 2) Wren Tidwell 3) Lesa Jordan 4) Jacquelyn Janszen 5) Andi Rawdon	★ SENIOR MEN 1) Brad Jackson 2) Bill Manning 3) B.J. Parham 4) Rick Mohr 5) Bill Capell
★ SUPER SENIOR WOMEN 1) Sylvia Quance 2) Lynda Knight 3) Terrie Race 4) Glenda Edmonson 5) Denise Rowe	★ SUPER SENIOR MEN 1) Kim Race 2) Larry Mitchell 3) Terry Landry 4) Russell Morris 5) Barry McGill
★ CLASSIC WOMEN 1) Sherry Cavasos 2) Katie Lindamood 3) Vicki Berry 4) Linda Blackwood 5) Gloria Michael	★ CLASSIC MEN 1) Rob Tomerlin 2) Ray Berry 3) Billy Privett 4) Billy McFarland 5) Curtis Gilmore

Placing	District	Points
1	1	341
2	7	247
3	2	245
4	10	233
5	4	188
6	5	186
7	6	32

Mini Pee Wee :	Brooke Jordan
Pee Wee :	Ryan White
JR :	Larynn Mitchell
Senior :	Brittany Scarbro
Super Senior :	Rob Tomerlin
Trailer winner:	Larry Mitchell

Classic Women:	Vicky Berry
Classic Men:	Jack Moore
Super Senior Women:	Glenda Edmonson
Super Senior Men:	Larry Mitchell
Mini Pee Wee Girls:	Brooke Jordan
Mini Pee Wee Boys:	Tyler Tidwell
Pee Wee Girls:	(Tie) Natalie Dennis and Victoria Guilbeau
Pee Wee Boys:	Jake Villaire
JR Girls:	Trudy Holloway
JR Boys:	Justin Morris
Senior Women:	Wren Tidwell
Senior Men:	Mike Teague

Classic :	Ray and Vicky Berry
Super Senior :	Kim Race and Lyndon Race
Mini Pee Wee :	Mallory Knight and Brooke Jordan
Pee Wee :	Cheyenne Zaby and Jake Villaire
JR :	Lydia Morris and Justin Morris
Senior :	(Tie) Kasey Nichols and Jack Nichols Billy Manning Sr and Darren Halbert