When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.
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.
I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.
Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.
We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.
On the professional side, those 18 years on the farm instilled my love for agriculture.