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USDA providing disaster aid to dairies with lost milk production due to H5N1

06/27/24 10:45 AM By Steve Davies
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The Agriculture Department will compensate dairy farmers for 90% of the value of milk production lost due to the H5N1 virus through use of its Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program, or ELAP.

KEYWORDS avian influenza outbreak in dairy cattle dairy industry disaster assistance ELAP Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program H5N1 Highly pathogenic avian influenza milk production losses Tom Vilsack USDA
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