GAINESVILLE, Ga. — U.S. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have announced the expansion of the Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification or HPAI Act. Under the current law, if a case of avian influenza is detected, farms and other facilities within a 10-kilometer control area are not allowed to place flocks until the virus is under control.
The bill allows for poultry producers that have flocks that are infected with avian flu to receive compensation from the USDA. The new bill says that poultry producers that are within the control area are eligible to receive. . .
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