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US cattle industry concerned about increased FMD risk

THE United States cattle industry has raised concerns about an increased risk of Foot & Mouth disease entering its southern border – with the subject a talking point at the industry’s peak conference last month.

Conversations in the US seem to be taking a similar path to the Australian industry’s response to the devastating disease entering Indonesia last year, with some raising concerns and others wanting calm.

Recently elected Cattle Australia president David Foote attended the US National Cattleman’s Beef Association conference in New Orleans. He told Kerry Lonergan on Beef…

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