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Show THE PYRAMID 4 Thursday, July 15, 2004 USDA cattle program to test for mad cow disease For more information on effort to create a voluntary program that would label these and other trade issues, beef, pork, fish and produce contact Tanya Augustson at with country of origin. taugustsonbeef.org or (202) n Announced June 15 by last summer on USDA recently announced labeling, 14 public fo- House Agriculture Commitrums will be held across the tee Chairman Bob Goodlatte that Conservation Reserve and Ranking Minori- Program (CRP) acres can be country to discuss the develCharles Stenholm used for emergency grazing. Member and structure impleopment, ty NCBA wrote a letter to the proposed Food mentation of a national animal ID program for all live- Promotion Act of 2004, will Agriculture Secretary Vene-ma- n amend the Agricultural marstock and poultry animals. asking her to ensure Details, including sites and keting Act of 1946 to direct UDSDAs Drought Coordinattimes of the meeting, will be the Secretary of Agriculture ing Council is engaged in isposted on the APHIS web site to establish the voluntary la- sues affecting Americans n cattlemen. a t beling of food with sessions on their efforts to States Department of develop a National Animal Agriculture (USDA)s en- Identification System. hanced surveillance program Similar to the sessions held WASHINGTON, D.C.-Uni- ted began on June 1. As part of the program, over 200,000 U.S. cattle will be tested for BSE over ine months in a creased surveillance program to assess the level of risk. The U.S. is the only country with a single case of BSE to implement such a thorough 12-1- 8 one-tim- testing program. USDA reports that in the first week, 1,127 cattle were tested and found free of the disease. USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will post test results on its web site every Monday a t http:www.aphis.usda.gov. Click on Hot Issues on the menu. For more information, on communicating on any of these efforts, contact Karen Batra at kbatrabeef.org or (202) USDA will hold listening 347-022- 8. Co-e- d 347-022- country-or-origi- 8. (R-V- (D-TX- ), country-or-origi- . information. In related news, Senator introNCBAs Animal ID CommisTom Daschle sion continues to spearhead duced May 20 an amendment an effort to develop a nation- to the Defense Authorization al animal identification sys- bill that would require the imtem that would be implement- plementation of the current n ed in the private sector. mandatory NCBA continues to be con- labeling law on Sept. 30. cerned that any system fully NCBA policy does not supcontained under the umbrella of the federal government port this amendment and is concerned about efforts to risks producer privacy. NCBA, along with other implement the problematic agriculture industry groups, mandatory program under are supporting a legislative such a tight timeframe. NCBA is continuing to focus on efforts to reopen export markets closed to U.S. beef since Dec. 23. In recent developments, many countries have lifted restrictions on U.S. beef and others are close to reopening. In the cases of our largest www.aphis.usda.govlpais-suesnais.html- (D-S- NCBA specifically requested that state Farm Service be immediately agencies granted the authority to allow grazing on certain CRP lands. Producers, country-of-origi- Pleasant "City Softball League $200.00 Registration Fee 1 6 players per team Deadline to Register Thursday, July IS For more information or to register, Call the Mt. Pleasant Recreation Center 462-310- 8 particularly in the western half of the country, continue to be impacted by severe drought. In addition, managed haying on CRP acres is allowed under certain conditions. USDA has a web site at www.fsa.usda.govhaynet for producers to list information concerning the need for hay or the availability of hay for sale. USDA offers additional programs to help farmers and recover from ranchers disand natural other drought asters. 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