A letter of a two -sided Senate Senate calls for a “new urgency” to deal with the crippled virus

First on the fox: GOP SEN. Joni Ernst A letter sent to the newly opened Minister of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, calling for cooperation on key measures to resolve the agricultural economies of the bird flu epidemic throughout the country.

“We know that many burning concerns await you as you start your new role. We write to ask you to improve the answer of the US Ministry of Agriculture (USDA) to the current outburst of the highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) in the animal’s agricultural sector of our nation, which we greatly appreciate you The main priority in your testimony before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, “Letter Ernst, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, states.

“The United States is now entering the fourth year of the HPAI epidemic, which has devastated agricultural holdings, required depopulation of more than 136 million birds at commercial poultry operations and infected with small but increasing number of agricultural workers. It takes new urgency from USDA to resolve evolutionary situations. “

The letter promotes ways to solve the crisis that farmers have written to eggs and Turkey, including an aggressive vaccination strategy for chickens and turkeys, vaccine supplies and reach for trade partners to ensure that the trade does not affect negatively.

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The Senators also called on the USA to divert attention to Biden 2024, which requires audit of biological security on previously infected farms or farms located in the control area, to be eligible for damages.

“In principle, it would seem that this change increases the measures of biological security and responsibility for compensation, but the rule has hurried,” the letter said. “As a result, almost no auditors are trained to complete these audits, and the audit itself has been published in the draft form. The USDA should provide an appropriate number of qualified auditors before the rules.”

The letter explains that “the current rates of compensation for the placement of chickens and reels are based on incorrect data and are artificially low” and offers solutions on how to deal with this, including the proposal of the eggs for audit of calculations that rely on data from USDA and land Grant would make damages “more fair.”

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“Even with audits of the formulas proposed by farmers of the eggs, these payments will not approach the manufacturers complete for their losses. In reviewing compensation activities, we would also ask you to ensure the reach of all farmers properly,” the letter said.

Bipartisan script was signed by Democratic Sens. John Fetterman, Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith, Raphael Warner, Mark Warner and Jon Ossoff, and Republicans Sens. Bernie Moreno, Jerry Moran, Roger Marshall, Dave McCormick, Ted Thom Tillis and Chuck Grassley.

“I work to protect and preserve the funds for the lives of our farmers, the stability of our local economies and our food supply chain influenced the expansion of HPAI,” Ernst told Fox News Digital. “In partnership with Trump’s administration to identify solutions, we can ensure that our manufacturers have the necessary tools to stop bird flu.”

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American farmers and those in agricultural business continue to rely on the spread of the H5N1 bird’s flu, which obviously does not show the signs of slowing down “disasters” status, Fox Business previously reported.

“The real crisis is that we are going through the worst epidemic of the bird flu we had in the last 10 years since 2015, the potential the worst breaking of the bird flu we have ever had in the history of this country,” an unlimited Vice President Brian Moscogiuri said last week on “Fox & Friends “.

“We have lost 120 million birds from the beginning of 2022. In the last few months alone, since mid -October, we lost 45 million eggs for staring,” he added. “We have lost a significant amount of production, more than 13%. So, we are just dealing with the shortage of supply. And this is precisely the disaster currently because this virus is in three main countries to delay eggs in the country. It seems to stop soon.”

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During a certificate hearing, Rollins said She is a “hyper -focused” to finding a team to fight bird flu and other diseases.

“Secretary Rollins received a letter from Senator Ernst and her colleagues yesterday,” a spokeswoman told Fox News Digital.

“She will answer in the short term and is looking forward to working with Senar Ernst and her colleagues to solve this critical question. The Biden Administration failed to solve enough to the bird’s flu, and his inflationary economic policy only made the problem worse. is fully dedicated to taking aggressive measures to fight bird flu and help reduce the price eggs. “

Fox News Digital’s Kristen Altus contributed to this report