Janice Kyle
DairyTrace Customer Services Team Lead
Do you have a dairy farm background?
Yes, I grew up on a dairy/poultry farm and knew that I wanted to live on a farm for the rest of my life. My husband and I own a beef, sheep and cash crop operation and my husband grew up on Ashlawn Farms, a Jersey farm, where he does some share cropping with his brother’s family.
How has this job helped you see the importance of traceability?
By personally living through the BSE crisis as a beef farmer, I completely understand the importance of traceability. The dairy industry needs to be commended for being so proactive and implementing the DairyTrace program which gives clear traceability of animals born on dairy farms and follows them to retirement. Traceability prepares for possible disease outbreaks in the future. It also is very beneficial in the case of any emergency, fire, flood, hurricane as it provides valuable information where the animals are located.
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