National Ag News

Livestock producer leaders have testified in strong support of vaccine banks. Carl Wittenburg, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, says avian influenza is not going away and it has become a global problem. His group supports a mandatory disease program and vaccine bank for high-path A-I, “The fact that the rest of the world has high-path should be a big factor in bringing them to the table, to see if there’s a more logical policy that we can be agreed upon.” Wittenberg says to indemnify and euthanize poultry globally is not a good long-term approach and the U.S.

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