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Fur flies over IDs

Small farmers say USDA plan is ineffective and too costly

By Christine Wallgren
Globe Correspondent / December 17, 2006

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MIDDLEBOROUGH -- Opposition is growing among small independent farmers throughout Southeastern Massachusetts to a new federal animal-identification system they say could spell the end of their way of life. (Full article: 1344 words)

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