Provide monitoring and surveillance activities, while continuing to work with producers, veterinarians and livestock markets requiring that eligible livestock have official ID a as well as appropriate…

Provide monitoring and surveillance activities, while continuing to work with producers, veterinarians and livestock markets requiring that eligible livestock have official ID a as well as appropriate documentation for all animal movements. • to ensure that all eligible livestock electronic ID is collected and stored in the appropriate searchable data bases. • to ensure that electronic ID is provided and available to producers, livestock markets, and accredited veterinarians. The goals include the ability to trace a tag within minutes should there be a disease issue affecting industry viability. A strong emphasis will continue to be getting official electronic ID, into the hands of producers and in use. The cooperator will share progress both written and oral to the PM. The benefit will be to all of animal agriculture keeping our food and fiber animals safe and productive. No subrecipients.