Dr. Reed Richardson, is the director of the Center for Feed Industry Research and Education at Texas Tech University. He has worked closely with regional, state and national leaders in building a thoroughly integrated National Animal Feed Information System (NAFIS) that is in progress. He can be reached at TTU, PO Box 42141, Lubbock, Texas 79409-214 USA, Tel: +1.806.742.2805, ext. 245, Fax: +1.806.742.0898, E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.asft.ttu.edu/cfire/.