WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) urged the Trump Administration to make good on its promise to address avian flu outbreaks and deliver much-needed support to Wisconsin farmers and their workers. Baldwin warns that without urgent action, egg prices could again spike to 2025 levels, when they hit $6 per dozen. Baldwin's call follows three recent avian flu outbreaks in commercial egg-laying facilities in Wisconsin, which have impacted more than 4.3 million birds and resulted in over 80 layoffs at local Wisconsin farms.
"I write again regarding the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak that continues to devastate our nation's poultry flo...