{"id":19918,"date":"2023-09-08T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=19918"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:12:24","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-support-georgias-poultry-farmers","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-support-georgias-poultry-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Support Georgia\u2019s Poultry Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff is pushing to support poultry farmers impacted by avian influenza outbreaks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>According to UGA\u2019s Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, broiler chickens are Georgia\u2019s top agricultural commodity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to support Georgia\u2019s poultry farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is working to bring Republicans and Democrats together to pass a new bipartisan bill aimed at expanding support for the poultry industry during avian influenza outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During avian influenza outbreaks, all farmers within the control area of an outbreak \u2014 even those without an outbreak themselves \u2014 are barred from placing flocks. However, only farmers whose poultry flocks test positive for avian influenza are currently eligible to receive financial support through the USDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan bill would strengthen USDA\u2019s compensation program to make all farmers in a controlled area eligible for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia poultry farmers help feed America and the world. That\u2019s why I&#8217;m working to defend Georgia poultry farmers from the threat of avian influenza,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Sen. Ossoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to UGA\u2019s Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, broiler chickens are Georgia\u2019s top agricultural commodity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act<\/em>&nbsp;is backed by the&nbsp;Georgia Poultry Federation, Georgia Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau Federation, United Egg Producers, and National Chicken Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-urge-biden-administration-to-protect-georgias-poultry-industry-from-avian-flu-outbreaks\/\">Earlier this year<\/a>, Sens. Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock urged U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to prioritize increased funding for research on poultry processing, poultry production, and diseases such as avian&nbsp;influenza&nbsp;currently affecting the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Sen. Ossoff secured bipartisan support in Congress to help Fort Valley State University add a&nbsp;poultry&nbsp;science major to its lineup of existing agricultural education and create a highly skilled&nbsp;poultry&nbsp;workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coons.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/hpai_act_bill_text.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ossoff is pushing to support poultry farmers impacted by avian influenza outbreaks According to UGA\u2019s Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, broiler chickens are Georgia\u2019s top agricultural commodity Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to support Georgia\u2019s poultry farmers. Sen. 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