We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

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

Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.

I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.