The Animal Ag Alliance says other ag sectors should be closely watching what happens with federal legislation that would end mink farming.
Communications specialist Emily Solis tells Brownfield an amendment backed by several animal rights groups in the recently passed U.S. House America COMPETES Act bans mink production in the U.S. and could have dangerous ramifications on other animal ag industries.
“They’re claiming roughly 80 percent of mink fur grown and raised in the U.S.