Virginia Cattlemen’s Association's (VCA) adopted policies state:

• The Association supports cattle care decisions made in the best scientific knowledge and professional experience and opposes state or local policies that are burdensome, unreasonable, and unnecessarily affect the ability of a cattle producer to care for or sustainably endeavor to produce cattle.

• The Association supports animal health regulations that are minimally invasive on direct cattle production management and preserve individual rights to manage land, water and other on farm natural resources.

VCA supports opportunities to provide accessible and convenient treatment locations for cattle producers.  To the extent that a new regulation is needed to help create new opportunities for veterinary care that are compliant with the law, VCA would be supportive.  

While VCA appreciates the opportunity to comment on this notification, we are unable to provide more thorough feedback until a draft regulation is made public.  We request that if a regulation is proposed, an additional public comment opportunity be provided so that we can provide more detailed input on how it would potentially impact Virginia's cattle industry, producers and providers.