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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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pork and poultry industries, allowing for greater efficiency while maintaining food safety standards. New data from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is beginning to shed light on the impact of beef and dairy crossbred cattle on the beef supply chain. To learn more about the application process, please visit: [link].
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The poultry industry in the U.S. This disease can have devastating effects on poultry farm operations and we want to help give you information to keep you informed. It is very important to take preventative and sanitary measures on any farm that has poultry especially if you think there has been an outbreak on your farm.
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These investments focus on production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. This concentration is better highlighted within poultry purchases. of all USDA’s poultry purchases. Contracts with Tyson Foods accounted for 42.5% I am not at that size and I don’t want to be.
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million head of cattle and calves on U.S. 1, 2024, according to the Cattle report published by the U.S. Mikell Fries, Claxton Poultry Farms, Claxton, Georgia, was elected chair of the board of directors of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY). There were 87.2 farms as of Jan. Ford Lifetime Achievement Award.
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