Growers in the nation’s number one turkey-producing state have bounced back following the avian influenza outbreak two years ago.
From March until early June 2015, 110 Minnesota turkey and egg-laying farms were diagnosed with highly pathogenic avian flu, resulting in the loss of nine million turkeys and chickens.
Remarkably, Minnesota Turkey Growers Association director Steve Olson says no farms went out of business because of the outbreak.
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