We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.

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

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.

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

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

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

Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and process a very high-quality product.