Cattle Traceability Encourages Collaboration to Improve Transparency

Weekly eNewsletter | December 5, 2021 | Volume 191

Cattle Traceability Encourages Collaboration to Improve Transparency

Traceability can be seen as just another task for many cow-calf operators however, the technologies provide many benefits to the operation to improve management and using the data to make a more uniform calf crop. The data has a strong impact on management decisions as well as offering the mechanisms for disease traceability. Auction markets get a lot of pressure concerning traceability from many sectors of the beef industry.

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Pork Producers Lobby Lawmakers on Foreign Animal Disease, Worker Shortage

Preventing foreign animal diseases, addressing a shortage of agricultural workers and reauthorizing a livestock price reporting law top the list of issues that pork producers will lobby their congressional lawmakers over during the fall Capitol Hill fly-in of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).

After The Hunt: CWD & Carcass Disposal

The state health department, CDC and WHO recommend the public only consume venison from deer in which CWD is not detected. Because infected deer can look healthy, DHS encourages testing for the disease regardless of your harvested deer’s physical condition, especially in areas where CWD is known to be present.

APHIS to Study Antimicrobial Resistance on Swine Farms

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has begun a new collaborative effort to study antimicrobial use and resistance on commercial swine farms in the Midwest. The work will focus on use and resistance related to animal health and production-related indicators. APHIS is partnering with several animal health and industry organizations on this study.