Also signing the letter was Senate Agriculture Committee
Also signing the letter was Senate Agriculture Committee
Ranking Member John Boozman of Arkansas and fellow Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, Tom Carper and Chris Coons, both Democrats from Delaware, Mark Warner, D-Va., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
The outbreak, which began one year ago, has impacted 745 flocks in 47 states and affected over 58 million birds.
New NCBA leader implores industry to get behind traceability
South Dakota rancher Todd Wilkinson took the helm of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Friday and has a fiery message for his fellow producers: Get on board with traceability.
Wilkinson and other NCBA leaders argue producer involvement in the drafting process will improve a system they see as a downright inevitability. USDA rolled out a proposal in January to require the electronic identification of cattle bound for interstate movement, and NCBA has been working internally to come up with language it could support.
Current regulations would require the halting of all cattle movement in the United States for 72 hours after the detection of certain foreign animal diseases, something NCBA argues would not allow the system to move “at the speed of commerce.”
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