Biosecurity in Focus at Watertown Stockmanship Event

The Stockmanship and Stewardship event concluded Saturday in Watertown, South Dakota, with a focus on biosecurity and on-farm preparedness. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Collin Woodall said the event gave producers “a great opportunity to show producers some of the latest and greatest techniques”. With concerns about foreign animal diseases like Foot-and-Mouth Disease and New World Screwworm, Woodall emphasized the importance of planning. “It is important that we keep our eyes on it because if we find foot-and-mouth disease here in the United States, we’ll have an immediate 72-hour shutdown of all cattle movement. That’ll be crippling to our industry.”