Adams-Wells Regional News

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Help for struggling livestock, poultry producers

East Allen Times:

INDIANAPOLIS - Livestock and poultry producers are dealing with harsh winter weather causing serious harm to livestock and forage due to heavy snow, ice and extremely cold temperatures.

"This is turning out to be a tough winter for many farmers in Indiana,” said Julia Wickard, executive director of the Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency in Indiana. "We need producers to document the number and kind of livestock that have died as a direct result of these winter storms and timely notify their local FSA office of these losses.”....

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