US expects to pay farmers $191 million for birds lost to flu

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. government expects to spend $191 million to pay chicken and turkey farmers for birds lost to avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday as he called for Congress to consider a disaster program for poultry producers similar to that for other livestock farmers....

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