State ag directors are on high alert as Highly Pathogen Avian Influenza becomes more of a threat during the migration season.

Michigan ag director Gary McDowell tells Brownfield increased disease threats require ag departments to work across borders and in partnership with industry.

“Sometimes it takes severe actions, but we have to do it because if we don’t the long-term effects are just devastating,” he says.

He says regular preparedness exercises allow for agencies to know the process if an outbreak was to occur and how decisions must be made.

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