US expects to pay farmers $191 million for birds lost to flu
Story Date: 7/30/2015

 

Source: WRAL, 7/28/15

The U.S. government expects to spend $191 million to pay chicken and turkey farmers for birds lost to avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday as he called for Congress to consider a disaster program for poultry producers similar to that for other livestock farmers.

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