The director of swine lending for Compeer Financial is encouraged by efforts at the border to keep African swine fever out of the U.S.
Kent Bang tells Brownfield having resources available to maintain screenings is critical.
“It will take a lot of work and it takes a lot of diligence to keep it out, and that takes money. And there’s a significant amount of money going into that. We’ve been successful as an industry to putting more beagles at airports (and) ports of entry.”
He says despite ASF being in the Western Hemisphere for the first time in four decades, it’s not a forgone conclusion the disease will infect the U.S.
