FASTRANSFASTRANS: Food and Agriculture : Food and Agriculture Sector Movement and Marketing ModelSector Movement and Marketing ModelSector Movement and Marketing ModelSector Movement and Marketing Model

Michael OroszMichael Orosz

USC Information Sciences Institute

13 April 2010

Outline

N d f ti l F d d• Need for a national Food and Agriculture Sector (FAS) transportation modeltransportation model

Th FASTRANS t• The FASTRANS system

• What FASTRANS can do for your industry

The Problem

• The FAS commodity transportation and ?movement infrastructure is not well

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• USDA is now tasked with monitoring interstate movement of livestock – how are they going to do this?they going to do this?

• Livestock movement is a significant disease vector – with no mechanism in place to

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pmonitor or control

Movement of livestock is not well documented

The Problem (Cont.)

R d t hi h /hi hl• Responders to high consequence/highly contagious diseases need to know where infected animals have been and are going g g(trace-back/trace-forward)

• Livestock producers need to know the risks involved from livestock shipments to their premises and that of their neighborsp g

Currently tracing livestock movements at state and nationalCurrently, tracing livestock movements at state and national levels is not practical.

FASTRANS will address these needs

• Repository of inter and intra-stateMovement

DataRepository of inter and intra state livestock movement records, premises and infrastructure data

• Provides trace-back and trace-forward livestock movement support (based on history and market-driven

diti )conditions)

• Access to information is controlledvia State privacy access lawsvia State privacy access laws

Users

Web-based system - provides storage and access to movement information

Users

FASTRANS (Cont.)

• Predict movement routes based on historyPredict movement routes based on history and market conditions

• Maintain livestock movement by re-routing quarantiney gaccording to travel restrictions

• Monitor species specific movements

quarantine

• Promote business resiliency

• Aid responders decision-makers and• Aid responders, decision-makers, and industry leaders

Movement data can be used to protect industry, enhance resiliency, and identify risks to transportation infrastructure.

Current Status

• Prototype FASTRANS is operationalPrototype FASTRANS is operational– Populated with a small subset of cattle and

swine movement data for CA, TX, NC, MN, IA– Server located at USC Information Sciences

Institute– Access control implementedAccess control implemented

• Movement and premises information can be displayed in Google MapsD b d f i h• Data can be exported for use in other systems and models

Protected web-based interface to movement records

FASTRANS Software

Interstate cattle movements

in/out of Dimmitt

Swine Premises –North Carolina

in/out of Dimmitt, TX

What FASTRANS can do for Industry

• Allows federal and state veterinary responders to i kl l t did t i h i f t dquickly locate candidate premises where infected

livestock may have been shipped or received– Faster mitigation and control of disease spread

• Indentify risks to current livestock transportation systems– Way points (truck stops, etc.) as cross infection sites

Regional limitations to re routing of truck routes– Regional limitations to re-routing of truck routes– Dependencies on set roadways

• Allows industry to reroute movements (animals feed• Allows industry to reroute movements (animals, feed, eggs, milk, etc.) to avoid quarantine/restricted-travel or high-risk regions

Promotes business resiliency by allowing responders and industry to react quickly

Thank YouThank You