The livestock sector still isn’t sure if the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank will be funded in the next farm bill.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president-elect Jennifer Houston of Sweetwater, Tennessee, says she expects the vaccine bank to be authorized with some degree of funding in the 2018 Farm Bill.
“Obviously, we asked for full funding for five years realizing that was a big ask, so I don’t think we’ll get that.
