When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, entire communities were wiped out, infrastructure lay in ruins, and tens of thousands of our friends and neighbors were left homeless. Katrina decimated our state and the Gulf South and reverberated across the nation.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced today [Aug. 28] a Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan to address critical needs relating to food animal health and large animal care in rural areas during her visit to Mississippi State University.