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Tyson Foods First Meat Company to Join Cattle Traceability Program
Tyson Foods, Inc.April 21, 2021 GMT
SPRINGDALE, Ark., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), is putting its support behind a cattle disease traceability program called U.S. CattleTrace.
This makes Tyson the first beef processor to invest in membership in the program, which was formed by multiple state cattlemen’s organizations to develop a national infrastructure for animal disease traceability in the U.S. cattle industry. The program is expected to assist animal health officials with an effective and quick disease response within the U.S. cattle herd in the event of a foreign animal disease occurring in the U.S., which is critical for the entire beef industry in order to maintain daily operations and continue to access ever important beef ex
BY Rural Radio Network Staff | January 12, 2021
Dawson County Cattlemen continued their tradition of monthly meetings in 2021 hosting a meal, speaker and meeting at Kirk’s in Lexington on January 7th. Dawson County Cattlemen’s President Jonathan Garwood presided over the event and was excited to see the large turnout. Garwood commented, “It was nice to see everyone given the struggles many encountered in 2020.”
The keynote speaker for the evening was Brandon Depenbusch with US Cattle Trace. Depenbusch highlighted that US Cattle Trace is a producer lead initiative to have a searchable database or search engine of US cattle. The cattle could be tracked through the production chain with EID ear tag technology. When the cattle moved locations or transferred ownership four data points would could be transmitted to US Cattle Trace. In a disease outbreak event the database c