UDAF is joining two silent auctions of 81 truckloads of Non-fat Dry Milk (NDM) to be held by the Idaho
Department of Agriculture.
Utah livestock owners are encouraged to help protect animal health by registering their premises as part of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).
Utah Ranchers who are eligible to receive non-fat dry milk are encouraged to return vouchers to claim their powdered milk
At the close of the 2004 West Nile Virus monitoring season, Utah records one of the lowest numbers of West Nile Virus cases in horses in the Intermountain West.
UDAF is urging all Utah counties to apply for funding
to expand mosquito control in areas outside established
Mosquito Abatement Districts. Application deadline is April 30, 2004. Click here to read more about the program and to begin the application process.
A $5,000 reward
is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction
of individuals responsible for the killing
of nearly 1,200 turkeys in Sanpete County on February 7.
USDA has confirmed
that none of the beef under the current
BSE recall was distributed to retail stores in Utah.
UDAF Commissioner
Cary G. Peterson states that Utahns can be assured that our food safety
system is working, and that bovine spongiform
encephalopathy is not present in Utah.
