[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=””]Lawmakers thank USDA for work on avian flu[/title][fusion_text]Wednesday, August 5th 2015
With hot, humid temperatures across much of the country, outbreaks of avian influenza have finally stopped. But following a House Agriculture Committee hearing last week on this subject, lawmakers want more assistance for impacted poultry growers who are still suffering from the loss of more than 48 million birds. In a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson and 28 other committee members commended him for the department’s efforts to combat the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak and urged additional steps be taken to assist impacted poultry growers. The letter urged continued assistance in three areas – complete biosecurity research in a timely manner to ensure industry can take immediate steps before fall, complete bilateral trade talks with international partners to ensure vaccine usage will not harm export sales, and complete research and development of a viable commercial vaccine.
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