Idaho is scheduled in the near future to have four new, modern, sophisticated, state of the art animal processing facilities according to Idaho Governor Brad Little …two in eastern Idaho, one in the Magic Valley, and there’s one out here in Kuna,” said Little. “It is imperative for them to be successful that they have modern efficient high through put laboratories. So, this is a big part of the add on, the added value to the state of Idaho. Whether it's the dairy industry, the cattle industry, or the sheep industry, this is very critical that we have this facility.”<p>“It is really night and day,” said Dan Salmi, ISDA Laboratory Bureau Chief. “Our old facility, you know we’re talking about 60 years old. We didn’t have any ability to bring any kind of large samples in there. We didn’t have any necropsy facility. The old lab didn’t have any office space, so all the scientists would be sitting basically right next to their work. Which in today’s world that’s not a very safe way to conduct science, so now we have more square footage, about 30% more square footage, a much safer environment and everything is just laid out much, much more efficiently,” said Salmi. “We got feedback from all of our scientists, and they were able to just identify their exact needs and how things need to be laid out and we’re all just very excited to about moving in there,” said Salmi.<p>

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