USDA abandons stalled animal ID program
Feb 4, 2010 — Associated Press Online
...disease; and what's in a farmer's pasture is nobody's business. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the federal government remains committed to working collaboratively with states, tribes and the industry to build the new program. "I've decided to revise the prior policy and offer a new approach to animal disease traceability with changes that respond directly to the feedback we heard," Vilsack said in a statement. Paperwork follows all of his cattle to sale, Birkmaire...