Slaughterhouse shutdown prompts ag community to mobilize

With a tough budget session starting next week, state lawmakers are getting ready  to make critical decisions. One comment often heard in discussing state revenues is “diversify the economy” to end dependency on oil money. So some Palmer ranchers says it does not make sense for state lawmakers to squash support for a home-grown Alaska industry: livestock.
Large animal veterinarian Sabrieta Holland takes the mic with a lamb in her care. Photo: Ellen Lockyer/KSKA-Anchorage.
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