 Dairy farmers who suffer milk losses due to the H5N1 virus in their herds are being made eligible for the ELAP emergency assistance program. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said this assistance will offset a portion of the financial losses for the reduced milk production when cows are removed from the herd. When you're dealing with roughly 120 to 130 herds out of 24,000 herds, the impact on milk volume, if you will,