Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that’s a real success story for us.

Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.

On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.