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Reminder: VCPR extension expired July 1, 2021
The COVID-19 temporary extension of time from 12 months to 18 months since the last examination for a valid veterinarian-client-patient-relationship expired July 1, 2021.
Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program - now accepting applications
The USDA recently announced the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP) for livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic because of a lack of access to processing. Interested and qualifying producers can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals. Livestock and poultry producers can apply for assistance through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) July 20 through Sept. 17, 2021.
According to the USDA announcement, "The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, authorized payments to producers for losses of livestock or poultry depopulated from March 1, 2020 through December 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. PLIP payments will be based on 80% of the fair market value of the livestock and poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens and turkeys, but pork producers are expected to be the primary recipients of the assistance."
Please note, eligible livestock owners include persons or legal entities who, as of the day the eligible livestock was depopulated, had legal ownership of the livestock. Packers, live poultry dealers and contract growers are not eligible for PLIP.
PLIP payments will be calculated by multiplying the number of head of eligible livestock or poultry by the payment rate per head, and then subtracting the amount of any payments the eligible livestock or poultry owner has received for disposal of the livestock or poultry under the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or a state program. The payments will also be reduced by any Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 1 and 2) payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated.
Eligible livestock and poultry producers can apply for PLIP until September 17, 2021.
Temporary DNR restriction on white-tailed deer ends July 31
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued an emergency rule temporarily prohibiting the movement of all farmed white-tailed deer within the state, with the exception of deer being transported to slaughter. The rule has been in effect since Tuesday, June 1, and it ends Saturday, July 31.
New North Dakota state veterinarian
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has appointed Dr. Ethan Andress as the state veterinarian and the animal health division director at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA).
“We are pleased to have Dr. Andress join the department and lead our state in the effort to prevent, manage and control contagious animal health diseases,” Goehring said. “Dr. Andress brings valuable experience in the field of veterinary medicine and extensive knowledge of bovine, equine and bison medicine."
In his new role, Dr. Andress will work closely with Agriculture Commissioner Goehring and the State Board of Animal Health and will oversee NDDA’s animal health division, which is charged with protecting the health of domestic animals and non-traditional livestock, and administering all rules and orders of the State Board of Animal Health.
Dr. Andress officially started July 12, 2021. Former State Veterinarian Dr. Susan Keller retired June 30, 2021, after more than 23 years of service to the state.
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