NIAA councils are developed on current and emerging topics to provide platforms to exchange scientific information, find common ground and seek resolutions across species segments.
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Council meetings are complementary to members.
To provide a forum for animal agriculture, animal health industry, regulatory veterinarians, government agencies and academia to identify and seek solutions to issues involving emerging and emergency animal diseases of significant concern to animal agriculture or public health both domestically and globally.
The NIAA Animal Identification & Information Systems Council fully explores and discusses the effects of animal identification, information systems technologies, and data management within animal agriculture. Some of these areas of inquiry include practical application, measures of success, disease traceability, food safety, and operational management. Council members convene to identify and address trends and insights, gaps in knowledge, and needs of specific sectors of animal agriculture, while seeking alignment within animal agriculture.
The NIAA Antibiotics Council seeks to enhance an animal agriculture industry that is aligned with judicious antibiotic use policies and practices.
The Sustainability Council empowers its participants to explore, discuss, learn, and develop knowledge that ensures the viability and acceptance of animal agriculture in today’s food system. The Council will address environmental stewardship, animal welfare, food security, and more.
The NIAA Equine Working Group is comprised of animal agriculture leaders who believe strongly in the role horses play in animal agriculture. Too often we overlook the horse’s role in social, environmental, and economic sustainability on our farms, ranches, and feedyards. Horses provide other revenue streams for their operations while also showcasing the heritage and lifestyle the public appreciates.
NIAA’s 2023 Strategic Plan outlined a goal for fostering innovation in animal agriculture. The goal of this working group is to facilitate awareness of innovative technologies and practices that are economically viable and scientifically sound to improve efficiency, food security, and profitability – focusing on labor, environmental stewardship, and animal welfare.
2019 – 2020 Resolutions
2020 – 2021 Resolutions
2021 – 2022 Resolutions
Platinum
ASTHO
Cattlemen’s Beef Board
Farm Credit
Merck Animal Health
National Pork Board
USDA-APHIS
Gold
Farm Journal
Norbrook Inc
Silver
ABS Global
Virbac
Bronze
American Horse Council
Animal Health International
Boehringer Ingelheim
Creekstone Farms
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin
Datamars
IMI/Where Food Comes From
Innovad Group
John Deere
Kemin
Kinder Ground
Livestock Marketing Association
Novonesis
Phibro Animal Health
Shearwell
Tyson Foods
Zinpro
NIAA is the leading resource for the animal agriculture industry and provides value to all stakeholders involved in providing safe and healthy food for the world.
