Work with the USDA, Farm Service Agency, and Minnesota's turkey industry to develop a fair and workable process for turkey growers to access Livestock Indemnity Program assistance for qualifying aMPV-related losses.

We stand ready to work with you, the Farm Service Agency and Minnesota’s turkey industry to develop a fair and workable process.

Finstad and other Minnesota delegation members committed to work with USDA, FSA, and Minnesota's turkey industry on a process for assistance related to aMPV turkey losses.

Finstad Leads Minnesota Congressional Delegation in Letter Urging USDA Action on Virus-Related Turkey Losses - United States Congressman Brad Finstad
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Formally recognize qualifying aMPV-related turkey mortality as eligible for assistance through LIP

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Finstad led a Minnesota delegation letter asking USDA to recognize qualifying aMPV turkey losses under LIP and create a workable retroactive process. The request shows concrete effort, but because it asks USDA to act, it does not prove delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Finstad Leads Minnesota Congressional Delegation in Letter Urging USDA Action on Virus-Related Turkey Losses - United States Congressman Brad Finstad
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Will you share a status update on that request? Answer. USDA’s Center for Veterinary Biologics has granted emergency authorization

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Finstad submitted a question about the Minnesota turkey industry request to open LIP/ELAP for aMPV losses. USDA's recorded response addressed vaccine authorization, not creation of a LIP access process, leaving the promise unresolved while documenting effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

HHRG-119-AG00-Transcript-20250611.pdf
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With aMPV, there has been no indemnity.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In a House Agriculture hearing where Finstad questioned a Minnesota turkey grower, the witness stated that aMPV losses lacked indemnity, supporting that the LIP assistance process had not yet been delivered at that time.

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- THE STATE OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY: PRODUCER PERSPECTIVES
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producers must complete and submit a Notice of Loss and an Application for Payment

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): USDA/FSA describes the general LIP application mechanism, but the page does not establish an aMPV-specific Minnesota turkey process or formal recognition of qualifying aMPV-related turkey mortality.

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Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | Farm Service Agency
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Eligible disease means a disease that is caused and/or transmitted by vectors

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The FSA fact sheet supplies the regulatory basis Finstad and growers point to for possible aMPV eligibility, but it is general LIP guidance and does not itself deliver the promised aMPV access process.

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FSA_LIP_LivestockImdemnityProgram_Factsheet_2023.pdf
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