LMA President challenges members and staff to build on positive momentum
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Californian David Macedo, beginning his second year as Livestock Marketing Association’s president, reviewed key issues facing marketing businesses and challenged LMA members, leadership and staff to build on the positive momentum LMA has developed in several areas.
Macedo is president of Tulare Sales Yard, Inc., Tulare, Calif., a market that’s been in his family for 72 years. He and LMA Vice President Tim Starks, a veterinarian and the owner/manager of Cherokee Sales Co., LLC, Cherokee, Okla., are in the second year of their two-year terms.
In remarks prepared for delivery at LMA’s recent annual Convention, held here, Macedo discussed:
Animal handling and animal welfare – LMA doesn’t just “talk the talk. We’ve made a commitment to action on this critical issue, and will continue to make it a priority.”
As evidence of this commitment, Macedo cited the ongoing animal handling assessments carried out at LMA member markets; the online Animal Care Training Program developed by LMA staff in connection with Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute; and new educational opportunities being developed, that address the proper handling of sheep and small animals.
He challenged the LMA staff to continue to “build on their momentum,” and he challenged members to take advantage of these programs, “helping us to turn the spotlight on your individual markets as progressive businesses who take animal handling very seriously.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program -- The industry is waiting for USDA to publish its proposed rule implementing the mandatory ADT program.
“When it comes out,” Macedo said, “we’re confident it will reflect input provided by the Cattle ID Group, a coalition brought together by LMA and made up of a dozen national and state beef cattle, dairy and market organizations.”
He called on the LMA leadership and staff, as they did with the ADT program and earlier, with country of origin labeling (COOL), “to push forward…to bring together multiple segments of the livestock industry, from producer to packer and regulatory agencies, to work through issues in the best interest of all parties involved.”
Voluntary indemnity fund – This fund, financed by the markets, would protect them from payment defaults in the event of buyer defaults and bankruptcies.
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