In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.
I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.
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.
The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.
There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.