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...week's end, the Conversant crew knows it won't be pushing several thousand head of balky, stinky steers up the Chisholm Trail anytime soon. But the trainees have come far enough to achieve a sense of accomplishment, as well as a confidence they hope will stick even when they're buried in paperwork and Ferguson and her colleagues in accounting are screaming for new computers. "I went into the program with some trepidation," allows Kelcie Anderson, 36, a project manager with Tektronix in Beaverton, Ore., who had never been on a horse before her stay at the Home Ranch...
...Chisholm, 62, has taken every precaution that he and the poultry industry can think of to protect his chicken farm in Pocomoke City, Md., from avian flu. After he gets up every morning at 5:30, he reads the paper, drinks a cup of coffee and heads out the door for the first of four inspections of his chicken houses about 30 yards away, keeping an eye open for sickly-looking birds. He also sprays his shoes with disinfectant when he goes to an area where other chicken farmers may be, washes down all trucks before they roll onto...
...Lately, Chisholm has been paying a lot more attention to the news from overseas. Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was first reported in Turkey last fall, avian flu has spread swiftly, landing in France, Germany, Iraq, India, Nigeria, Niger, Poland and many other countries. So far this year, three dozen human cases have been confirmed in China, Turkey, Iraq and Indonesia...
Even if H5N1 remains a problem mostly among birds, however, the virus could have a devastating economic impact on Chisholm and many other farmers and the businesses that depend on them. Poultry sales have already plummeted across Asia and Europe. Overall, U.S. exports of broiler chickens were down 30% in December 2005 compared with the prior year. The greatest danger, however, may be in Africa, where the income, not to mention the food, that chickens provide can mean the difference between life and death...
...strain of H7N2, which struck on the Delmarva Peninsula--was discovered right away, and both the states and the industry jumped into gear, euthanizing flocks, setting up quarantines and compensating farmers for their downed birds. "You had guys from Mountaire Farms and Perdue Farms working side by side," says Chisholm. "That's unusual because this is a competitive business." The quick response limited damage to just three farms...