Southern Senators Seek Protections for Poultry Growers

Randall Weiseman November 9, 2015 Alabama, Georgia, Livestock, Poultry

Ten southern U.S. senators recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack seeking additional protection for poultry growers should an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza occur this fall.

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