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Hallowell said. “We want to be
rare Ola funding beat meets far
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keep them In operation.”
Hie agriculture secretary said
“Any indemnity program would be
a first step in a coordinated effort
to keep the state’s |MO million
poultry industry a viable part of
the state’s economy. We are
seeking input from farmers and
agribusinesses to insure that the
state’s effort is best tailored to
support a rapid tall recovery and
considers the overall problems
within the poultry industry.”
Hallowell said that George
Werner, executive director of the
Economic Development Com
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of tbe Departments of Commerce,
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Industry and Budget, met Friday
afternoon with representatives of
agribusinesses affected by the
outbreak of the virus.
“Economic impact information
from toe industry should provide
accurate figures to consider in
setting up state level recovery
Initiatives,” Hallowell said.
State Senator Noah Wenger,
State Representative Ken Brandt
and other legislators from the
quarantine area have spearheaded
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assistance for the industry.
Hallowell noted that their con
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important in making realistic
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“We will continue these
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help the Pa. Poultry Industry
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birds that survived the flu, 177,000,
were slaughtered Nov. 20 and 21 by
USDA-sponsored task force
members.
With the houses now empty and
the “happy chickens silent,”
Warren and Alicia Miller can look
back over their situation and begin
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Looking back to April when a
mild strain of avian flu was
diagnosed in some flocks, Mrs.
Miller said they were concerned
about the disease and had taken
precautions to protect their
operation. Tours to the farm were
stopped, and trucks transporting
eggs to brokers were taken to car
washes to prevent the flu from
spreading from farm to farm.
Despite the precautions, the
highly pathogenic strain of avian
flu struck the Miller farm. The
problems began in a small area on
the southside of the complex,
Miller said. The disease then
spread across the four laying
houses.
To add to the frustrations the
Millers were experiencing, the egg
market was high and they had no
eggs to sell. “It was a very
frustrating and helpless feeling,”
Mrs. Miller said.
The frustrations are continuing
for the Millers, who have been
married 23 years. Poultry houses
have to be paid for, and the job of
disinfecting the poultry houses to
the specifications of the task force
lies ahead. But, as Miller said,
there is no turning back.
Before the Millers can receive
indemnity payments for the lost
birds, the task force must approve
the disinfecting of the houses. The
houses must also lie idle for 30
days.
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Will the Millers continue in the
poultry business? The answer is
yes.
Miller said be has pullets, being
grown elsewhere, that will be 20-
weeks old in January. He hopes to
have his clean-up approved by
Dec. 10 so he can move the birds
into the houses by mid-January.
The Millers said the task force
has been a tremendous help in
getting them and other poultrymen
through the avian flu ordeal.
Competition barriers have been
broken, Mrs. Miller said, and
everyone has united to fight the
disease.
“The allied industries are really
working for us,” she said.
“They’re not just concerned for
themselves but for us also. ”
In a Dec. 1 update of the avian flu
situation, 88 flocks were diagnosed
with the hot strain of the virus.
Sixty-five of those flocks,
representing 3,667,000 birds, have
been depopulated thus far.
According to poultry industry
spokesman Tim Allwein, the avian
flu is being contained with the
federal-state imposed quarantine
zone. Only one flock since Nov. 21
was diagnosed outside the
quarantine. This was a flock of
31,000 layers in Willow Grove,
Salem County, N.J. The flock was
depopulated and an avian flu
satellite office was established in
New Jersey.
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