Luttropp To Lead National Animal ID Program
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Jodi Luttropp has been
named the coordinator for National Farm Animal
Identification and Records (National FAIR). In this
role, Luttrop will be responsible for the day-to-day
operations of National FAIR, which continues to
lead the initiative for national animal ideptification
in this country, and will head the 10-member Na
tional FAIR team.
Luttropp joined the National FAIR team in April
2002, when she was named manager of dairy and
identification programs, at Holstein Association
USA, Inc.
A graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Luttropp was reared on a Wisconsin dairy.
“Luttropp’s experience in animal agriculture,
combined with her broad understanding of the live
stock industry in this country, makes her a natural
fit to coordinate this effort,” said John M. Meyer,
CEO of Holstein Association USA. “She not only
understands the technical aspects of the national
animal identification program, she has the ability to
relate with producers through practical, working
knowledge gained on her family’s dairy operation,
and understands the value of National FAIR from a
producer’s perspective. “
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The National FAIR program is a producer-driven
national identification database developed in 1999,
with joint cooperation USDA’s Animal Plant In
spection Service (APHIS) and Veterinary Services
(VS).
Recognizing that an animal identification pro
gram needs to have a national scope in order to be
effective, four pilot states were identified across the
nation (Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, and
California), and the effort has grown to include 42
states to date. National FAIR remains the only
system existing today, with the abilities to electroni
cally track livestock nation-wide in an uncontrolled
environment from birth to the processing facility.
Since January 2002, involvement in the nation
wide animal identification program has grown tre
mendously. There are about 6,000 farms using the
National FAIR program, an increase of more than
500 percent. The National FAIR program is track
ing animals from birth to slaughter at a total of 18
markets and processing facilities.
The National FAIR program starts at the farm
when ear tags containing a radio frequency device
marked with an individual number are placed in the
animal’s ear. Information on each animal is
recorded in the National FAIR database, and the
animal’s location is recorded each time information
is read from the tag, either on the farm, in livestock
markets, or at processing facilities. To learn more
about National FAIR, visit www.nationalfair.com
or call (800) 952-5200, ext. 4062.
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Jodi Luttrop of Hol
stein Association USA
is Farm Animal Identi
fication and Records
(FAIR) coordinator.