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Economic impact of avian flu in Minnesota

Iowa turkeys in grow-out barn

A third case of avian flu was confirmed in Minnesota over the weekend. Steve Olson, executive director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, tells Brownfield the economic impact of the virus industry-wide has been minimal, but for those infected farms it’s had a huge impact, “The farmer already has a lot of money invested in purchasing the birds and then feeding them.  Especially when they get older and closer to market, there’s a lot of money invested in that.  So we’re talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

State and federal officials are working to quarantine the infected sites in Pope, Lac Qua Parle (LACK kwah parl) and Stearns Counties.

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