Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is urging her colleagues to address the shortage of rural veterinarians in the upcoming farm bill. During a Dec. 8 Senate Agriculture Committee meeting, she called for better incentives that would motivate more veterinaries to serve in rural areas.
“Our nation’s food security and economic security are put at risk without sufficient veterinary oversight to ensure the health of animals in the food supply chain, and the proper federal inspection of meat, poultry, and catfish processing,” she said.
During a discussion with Chavonda Jacobs-Young,…
