The CEO of the National Pork Producers Council is relieved border protections have shored up in the last month and-a-half.

Neil Dierks says there are a lot of moving parts, but the U.S. is better prepared to keep African swine fever and other foreign animal diseases out of the country than it was 45 days ago.

“And the reason for that is, and we were very supportive of and played a significant role with getting funding from the federal government to help make sure that we kept our agricultural inspectors in place at our ports, our airports, and our border crossings.”

The funds came out of the last COVID aid package.

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