Feenstra Praises USDA Announcement of HPAI Strategy to Combat Bird Flu

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) Strategy to combat bird flu:

“I applaud the Trump administration’s announcement of its HPAI strategy to end the surge of bird flu cases, support our producers, and lower egg prices for our families. I am glad to see many provisions that I have called for outlined in this strategy, including fairer indemnity payments for our producers, increased biosecurity measures on our farms, and an aggressive, yet voluntary, vaccination strategy to prevent mass depopulation of chickens and turkeys. I thank Secretary Rollins for her rapid work and response to the bird flu outbreak and look forward to working with USDA and the Trump administration to bring egg prices down, stand with our producers, and prevent and mitigate the spread of foreign animal disease.”

Earlier this month, Feenstra led a letter with 22 of his House colleagues to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins asking that the U.S. Department of Agriculture strengthen the agency's effort to resolve the ongoing outbreak of HPAI affecting poultry and dairy producers across the country. 

The full letter can be found HERE.

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