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Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. We implore the agency to release guidance and financial support to dairy cattle auction barns and markets.
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million head of cattle and calves on U.S. 1, 2025, according to the Cattle report published by the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). There were 86.7 farms as of Jan. Imports are scheduled to resume within the next several days. To protect U.S. Sponsored by the U.S.
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