The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new plan aimed at addressing a veterinarian shortage in Mississippi and other states.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) held a press conference on the campus of Mississippi State University Thursday morning and announced the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan to address critical needs relating to food animal health and large animal care in rural areas.

“We have a real challenge, a significant problem with our number of veterinarians. You can’t have a thriving rural America without a really robust veterinarian [industry],” Rollins said.

As part of the plan, Rollins explained, the USDA is making an additional $15 million available in its veterinary medicine repayment program and streamlining t

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