Dairy Biosecurity: This program is setting up the dairy industry for success in its fight against foreign animal diseases

A dairy program that got its start in 2021 is still going strong. The FARM Program helps prepare dairy farmers in case of a foreign animal disease. It is valuable knowledge the National Milk Producers Federation says they hope never has to get put into play.

“We’re just really trying to prepare the dairy industry to the best of our ability for a foreign animal disease. In the dairy industry’s case, it will most likely be a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, so if it- and I hope it never does - happen in the United States, again, we can keep milk moving and protect our herds to the best of our ability. So, with this training, we’re just trying to get more people trained to be able to put those plans together for farmers so that we’re ready should an outbreak ever occur,” said Miquela Hanselman.

The FARM Program got its start with a grant from USDA and now includes a database for comparing biosecurity plans.

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