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Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal provides various examples of rural business cooperatives and how they serve customers both locally and nationally.
* - ATTN: Bat Week is October 24 - 31 - * The annual awareness campaign about bats, their role in agriculture, and threats to their existence, is now international in scope. (Rod Bain and Kim Winter of the US Forest Service)
* - ATTN: October is National Cooperative Month - * A part of USDA Rural Development focuses on business cooperatives and their vital role in rural economies. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)
Christine Loiacono of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service discusses the make-up and purpose of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
Some of the nation's leading animal health and biodefense laboratories are joining forces to improve early detection of disease threats. (Rod Bain and National Animal Health Laboratory Network Coordinator Christie Loiacono)