In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

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

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

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

We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues.

The industry is becoming very ready for animal identification.

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