Poultry group worried new U.S. bird vaccination plan could reduce exports

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Poultry group worried new U.S. bird vaccination plan could reduce exports

The Trump administration’s forthcoming plan to vaccinate U.S. flocks against bird flu could begin a “domino effect” that slashes U.S. poultry exports, creates oversupply in the domestic poultry market and spurs farm job losses, the head of a U.S. egg and poultry exporter group says. The U.S. is devising an avian flu strategy that would stress vaccinating bird flocks and tightening biosecurity, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett sai…