poultry

It feels peaceful, apart from the air raids, with gardens full of poultry, blackberry bushes and fruit trees.

Temporary workers such as fruit pickers and poultry workers are covered by seasonal worker visas, which are subject to an annual quota.

Ramya Natarajan, a research scientist at CSTEP, said the diversion of produce had a significant impact on the poultry sector, which now has to spend more to buy corn for feedstock.

The measure would exempt commercial poultry operations, poultry hobbyists, schools, animal agencies and Future Farmers of America and 4H projects.

The myriad small towns are brief interludes amid the dairy and poultry farms and lush carpeting of vegetables, fruit and nut trees that stretch to the hazy-brown horizon.