Byline: Mary Jo Hill
BOSTON - A federal program to track livestock is being targeted by proposed state legislation that would keep Massachusetts from sending data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
State Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, and state Rep. Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer, recently filed the legislation, which also requires the state Department of Agricultural Resources to withdraw any applications for funding for the National Animal Identification System.
And the ...