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Finding FMD dollars outside the Farm Bill
Nov 21, 2017, 12:40 PM
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There’s talk in D.C. of looking beyond the Farm Bill to fund a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank.
American Farm Bureau director of congressional relations Mary Kay Thatcher says lawmakers are wrestling with Farm Bill budget constraints and legitimate concerns about an FMD outbreak.
“One of the things we’ve been talking to folks on the Hill about is (asking) why are we trying to (fund the vaccine bank) in the Farm Bill?
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