Madison, Wis. (April 10, 2023) – The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) hosted its annual meeting on Thursday, April 6 at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), showcasing the importance of animal disease traceability and how WLIC serves to support the livestock industry through a robust and accurate premises database. WLIC began …
Madison, Wis. (March 30, 2023) – The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is pleased to announce Julie Sweney as the new Executive Director of the organization. In her role, Sweney will work in stride with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in maintaining updated and accurate agricultural premises throughout the state of Wisconsin …
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The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is seeking an individual to become the next Executive Director for the organization. Interested candidates should review the job description below and submit their CL/resumes. The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC). The ED will assist the …
Madison, WI – Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is debuting a video highlighting the importance of animal disease traceability and the use of premises registration and individual animal identification – including the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags – to protect the food supply. The video explains how farm to fork traceability starts by …
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Madison, WI – Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) held its first-ever virtual annual member meeting on June 18, 2020. Although not the first choice to meet by many, due to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 the WLIC Board decided the virtual platform would be the best route to ensure the safety of all attendees.
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) in partnership with the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is reminding anyone who owns livestock* to register the location where animals are kept. This is referred to as premises registration.
The Wisconsin Pork Association presented Representative Gary Tauchen with their 2018 Distinguished Legislator Award on February 1 during their annual convention. As a staunch voice for Wisconsin agriculture, Representative Tauchen knows farming because he is a farmer.
The U.S. pork industry has announced that it has aligned its efforts to reduce the risks from foreign animal disease and has formed the National Swine Disease Council to protect animal and public health.
The ongoing spread of African swine fever has experts concerned about the long-term damage it could cause to agriculture. Preparations are being made in the event the spread becomes a full-fledged outbreak. African swine fever was first detected in Kenya in 1921. The disease is spread among pigs by direct transmission through bodily fluids or …
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Gene editing is helping the bovine world make leaps and bounds through genetic improvement. You may have heard of the success story of the world’s first gene-edited polled calf. Another on the list of possibilities is resistance to bovine tuberculosis.
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