Ron Johnson: “That's estimated to be about an $8 billion impact on, onto…”

“That's 13.3% of the total egg laying population. There are 238 million turkeys raised every year. 8 million have had to be euthanized because of this outbreak. That's estimated to be about an $8 billion impact on, onto in our economy. And fortunately we have not seen a new outbreak since about mid June. But the migratory migration period is over, but it'll start up again in the fall.” (01:21–01:28)

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