
Biosecurity Assessment
The first step for planning is to assess where your farm is currently at, in terms of risks for disease introductions and biosecurity protections.
Assess the risks with this handy checklist before creating your plan.
The assessment is in PDF format.

Biosecurity Plan Example
Use this example as a guide for filling in the blanks of your biosecurity plan.
The appendix includes forms for recording visitors and animal movement, employee training, an emergency contact list and animal health records.
This example plan is in PDF format.

Biosecurity Plan Template
A template that you can fill in with your own wording.
This is the same template as the example plan, without any guiding text. The appendix includes the same forms also. Print out as many copies of the forms as you need.
The plan template is in PDF format.

Crisis Communications Plan
A producer should know how to communicate about a crisis to several different stakeholders.
Visit the Crisis Communications page to learn more about the process before building this part of your plan.
The template is in PDF format.
Content Sources for the Biosecurity Plan, Assessment and Crisis Communication Plan
- Iowa State University, Kansas State University, USDA APHIS Cattle Health Program. Secure Beef Supply Plan. http://securebeef.org
- Pork Checkoff Crisis Communications Plan. 2012. http://porkcdn.s3.amazonaws.com/sites/all/files/documents/FarmLevelCrisisPlan/CrisisCommunicationPlan.pdf
- Animal Health Australia. On-farm Biosecurity Plan. https://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/On-Farm-Biosecurity-Plan-Template_All-Species.pdf
- Kansas Department of Agriculture. 2017. Kansas Cattle Feedyard Biosecurity Guide. https://agriculture.ks.gov/docs/default-source/rc-ah-large-animal/draft_kansas_feedyard_biosecurity_guidance.pdf
- Extension Disaster Education Network Farm Security Checklist. https://campus.extension.org/ – Create an account and search for “Farm Security”.
- Center for Food Security and Public Health. All-Hazards Preparedness for Rural Communities. www.prep4agthreats.org