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NPPC President says farm bill passage crucial to fund biosecurity, traceability efforts

Monday, November 18

The president of the National Pork Producers Council says she’s hopeful a farm bill can be passed soon. Lori Stevermer tells Brownfield… “There’s funding in there for what we call our three-legged animal health stool. So funding for our national animal health lab network,...

Good biosecurity helps swine industry evade H5N1

Thursday, August 29

The state swine veterinarian with University of Missouri Extension says good biosecurity is likely the reason why H5N1 hasn’t been confirmed in hogs yet. Cory Bromfield tells Brownfield “standard biosecurity may include things like filtering the air that comes into the barns, having people...

Time to beef up cattle biosecurity

Thursday, July 18

A veterinarian says outbreaks of avian influenza in dairy herds are a reminder for all cattle producers to examine their biosecurity plans. Dr. Joe Gillespie, senior professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, says start with the basics. “Biosecurity could start at the simple level...

Biosecurity needs to evolve in ag

Tuesday, June 25

The ag director in one of the states with the most confirmed cases of H5N1 in dairy says the biosecurity process needs to evolve in agriculture to protect animals and public health. Michigan Ag Director Tim Boring says good biosecurity has a lot to do with...

Vilsack: more biosecurity needed for livestock

Monday, June 24

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says more biosecurity is needed in the livestock industry to reduce the spread of H5N1. “We’ve seen increases obviously in the number of farms within states. That’s a result of more testing, which is good, but at the same time,...