Sheri Poore
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I’m preaching to the choir here, because readers of this publication know about seasonal cycles for laying hens, and some readers have devastating first-hand experience with bird flu. Both affect the price of eggs.
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Sheri Poore grew up on a Day County dairy farm and is a former Tri-State Neighbor editor now living in Sioux Falls.
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