Page 120 - MFB State Annual Meeting 2018 -- RESOLUTIONS BOOK

198 [Relocated text]We urge MDARD to notify all
199 complainants of the law which allows MDARD to levy a
200 penalty for unverified complaints. We strongly urge
201 MDARD to recoup the costs of investigating unverified
202 complaints, as provided for in the Right to Farm Act. We
203 do not support anonymous Right to Farm complaints. 
#34 SOUND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STANDARDS
204 Michigan Farm Bureau policies reflect a dependence
205 on sound science. We request that research used for
206 the determination of policies, rules, legislation and
207 published statistics must be supported by sound science.
208 Information supplied to decision makers must be derived
209 using accepted research practices and validated models
210 subject to third party verification/audit and peer
211 reviews. 
#35 TB – MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS TUBERCULOSIS
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We urge the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to be more assertive in their efforts to eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis and move the State to TB free status. We also urge the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to receive and provide feedback and implement recommendations in a more timely timelier manner. We strongly encourage producer and hunter cooperation in all segments of our eradication efforts and support the utilization of the latest technological advancements by the departments and the industry.
We support MDARD creating, implementing, or enforcing any rules or regulations that are more stringent than USDA’s published rules regarding bovine tuberculosis.
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To expedite the eradication of TB, we support: MDARD, USDA, DNR and other state and federal agencies involving producers from all of the affected areas of the State in decision-making processes regarding the bovine TB eradication program.
Producer implementation of a Wildlife Risk
Mitigation Plan (WRMP).
Producers with a completed WRMP in any area of the state should have the authority to manage nuisance/destructive species on their land. Establishment and utilization of a science-based zoning approach and testing process to address disease risk (e.g., a 10-mile radius zone around
new TB positive domestic livestock herds).
Changes to the national TB testing requirements
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