Nationwide — (RI) — With ratification of the U-S Mexico Canada Agreement expected soon and the lifting of a ban on U-S exports to China, Iowa’s turkey producers are expecting 2020 to be a banner year.
Iowa Turkey Federation executive director Greta Irwin says new biosecurity measures are in place at all of Iowa’s 130 turkey farms following a devastating round of avian flu in 2015.
Back in November, China announced that it was lifting an import ban on U-S turkey products that had been place since 2015.
The USMCA passed the US House last month and cleared a U-S Senate committee last week, with passage by the full Senate expected soon. Mexico is Iowa’s top trading partner, followed by China, then Canada.
