[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]State money enroute to immediate and long range needs to fight avian flu[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, June 18th 2015
State money is enroute to immediate and long range needs to fight avian flu that resulted in more than 9 million turkey and chicken deaths in 23 Minnesota counties. Minnesota legislators as part of the special session Friday approved spending $23 million dollars for several programs responding to bird flu and nearly $27 million for University of Minnesota poultry testing facilities. Federal funds also help farmers recover from euthanizing turkeys in flocks hit by the bird flu. An immediate benefit for farmers with flocks affected by the flu will be $10 million in no-interest loans.
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