South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Hunter Roberts says he is still looking at whether to lift the band on poultry exhibitions following the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or referred to as the bird flu.  Roberts spoke with WNAX radio on Wednesday during the Governor’s Agriculture Summit.  He says earlier this spring South Dakota was hit hard by the bird flu, especially with the state’s turkey production.

Neighboring states of Minnesota and Iowa have already lifted the exhibition band and will allow poultry to be exhibited at county and state fair events.