Livestock producers should be concerned about bird flu

Livestock producers should be concerned about bird flu

By Tim Petry, NDSU Livestock Marketing Economist
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:20 PM CST
Tri State Neighbor

At several meetings that I have presented at this year, livestock producers have asked if avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird flu, would impact livestock prices.

One cattle producer commented that he thought bird flu could be good, since destroying chickens would mean less competitive meat for the beef industry.

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