USDA Aid Not Geared for PED

Vilsack Says Congress Would Need to Expand Programs

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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USDA is not geared up for disaster assistance covering PED. (DTN file photo by Lin Tan)
USDA is not geared up for disaster assistance covering PED. (DTN file photo by Lin Tan)
USDA is trying to help the pork industry with protocols for the disease that has killed approximately 5 million pigs. USDA also has sent samples for science labs to study to develop a possible vaccine.

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Chris Clayton

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