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.

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.

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

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

Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.