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Talk of FMD could have cost $50 million

05/04/2002

Demand is growing for an inquiry into a recent unfounded rumour of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in northeast Kansas after prices for market cattle plummeted. Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall is asking for a federal investigation into the incident, which some estimate could have cost the industry up to $50 million.

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