A good on-farm biosecurity plan is the best way to prevent the introduction of outside diseases that could cause devastation to a herd. The problem is, the U.S. beef industry doesn’t have a good plan like the hog, chicken and turkey industries do.
“We realize we are not the norm with having a biosecurity plan, but with how we operate with cattle in a confinement situation, we think it’s extremely important,” says Chad Wilkerson, a cattle producer in Linden, Iowa. He and his family run Wilkerson Farms, which specializes in raising embryo calves for clients across the nation.
