FARM Biosecurity

About FARM Biosecurity

FARM Biosecurity focuses on providing dairy farmers with the tools to keep their cattle and dairy businesses safe from the unseen threat of disease. In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Danelle Bickett-Weddle of Preventalytics LLC, FARM Biosecurity will provide the resources needed for farmers to build their own “everyday” or “enhanced” biosecurity plans. FARM everyday biosecurity is a national platform, focused on preventing the introduction of, detecting the presence of, or containing the spread of infectious and non-infectious diseases. It provides farms with biosecurity plan templates and educational materials on the best management practices to prevent disease introduction and spread. Enhanced biosecurity will incorporate elements of the Secure Milk Supply Plan into a voluntary continuity of business plan built for the entire chain of movement of milk from farm to processing plant should Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak occur in the United States.

Input from experts and stakeholders is essential to ensuring a strong and helpful program. The FARM Program has established a Biosecurity Task Force comprised of dairy farmers, cooperative and processor staff, academic experts, and state and federal animal health officials. The Task Force assists with overall program development and strategy.

FARM Biosecurity is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response cooperative agreement program (NADPRP). The cooperative agreement (AP21VSSP0000C025) is from March 1, 2021 until September 30, 2023. NADPRP was established in the 2018 Farm Bill to further the nation’s efforts to prevent high-consequence animal diseases from impacting our herds.