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Missouri Cattlemen’s Association on priorities

Animal health and well-being are among the priorities this year for the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association.  MCA’s Executive Vice President Mike Deering tells Brownfield they’ll be working with the state vet and the state director of agriculture on trichomoniasis, “To make sure that we have a trich rule in the state that makes sense and that we allow producers to have a retest option. Most other states have a retest option. Missouri does not.”

Further, the new federal animal disease traceability (ADT) rule has been published at the federal level. Deering says, “The enforcement is going to be up to the states. So, we want to make sure that we have a program that does not disrupt the marketplace in the state and does not bear a financial burden, I guess, for producers.”

The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association and Missouri Farm Bureau are asking Ag Director Jon Hagler to re-establish the Missouri Animal Identification Advisory Committee for guidance on the new federal ADT system.

AUDIO: Mike Deering (6:00 mp3)

MCA Legislative Watch

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