CBP Casts Wide Net to Assess African Swine Fever Threats to the U.S.

Weekly eNewsletter | August 16, 2021 | Volume 175

CBP Casts Wide Net to Assess African Swine Fever Threats to the U.S.

Pork producers can rest assured that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agricultural inspectors have been and are continuing to focus “all hands on deck” to protect U.S. borders from foreign animal diseases (FADs).

African swine fever (ASF) is slowly making it's way closer to the U.S. and with the recent announcement of positive ASF cases in the Dominican Republic (DR), there are a lot of questions and concerns in the U.S. now.

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Risk and Mitigation of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Feed

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) can be introduced to pigs through the importation of contaminated feed products, confirms a new study performed by researchers from USDA ‘s Agricultural Research Service at Plum Island and funded by the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC), the National Pork Board and USDA ARS.

County Farm Bureaus Host County Annual Meetings

Wisconsin’s 61 county Farm Bureaus will hold their county annual meetings starting in mid-August through the end of October. County Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend their county annual meeting to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors. Attendees also will select the voting delegates who will represent the county at the WFBF Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells, December 4-6.

Dairy-Beef Crossbreds Have Big Impact on Beef Industry

Dairy-beef crossbreds are expected to reach 3 million head in the U.S. in 2022. According to Kevin Good, vice president of industry relations and analysis at CattleFax, the current U.S. beef cow herd is 650,000 head smaller compared to July 1, 2020. “We are in the middle of a liquidation of beef,” Good said during a webinar held on July 30 sponsored by Zoetis.