SANPETE COUNTY, Utah — Farmers in central Utah are nervous about recent confirmed cases of bird flu in the area, which caused tens of thousands of turkeys to be put down.

Longtime contract turkey grower Troy Prestwich runs Double 77 Land and Livestock, where his family has been farming since 1937, and says there are ongoing problems with the industry

"They’re going to have to decide the fact that we’re probably going to have to vaccinate for it, and stop trying to destroy it," he said. "It’s not working, and move forward from there."

Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu caused local turkey farmers in Sanpete County to cull 35,000 birds, according to state agriculture officials, with the current protocol having them eliminate their flock when one tests positive for the virus.

"We unfortunately h

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