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HPAI (Bird Flu) Confirmed in Windsor County Backyard Flock
State and federal officials have found highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as H5N1 bird flu, in a backyard (non-poultry) flock in Windsor County in January. Samples taken Tuesday, Jan ...
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On the front lines against bird flu, egg farmers say they’re losing the battle
By Kate Wells, Michigan Public Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast.But the CEO of Herbruck’s ...
New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data shows changes in virus
A dairy worker in Nevada has reportedly been infected by the killer variant of H5N1 bird flu; analysis shows changes in new ...
Climate extremes threaten everything from Florida crop yields to grocery prices | Opinion
Current trend in heavy snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures is directly linked to a disruption to the polar vortex caused ...
Without USAID's Food for Peace, Kansas grain elevators have no market for sorghum
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have shut down USAID and Food for Peace, meaning Kansas sorghum farmers lost ...
Migrants are on the front lines of the bird flu crisis but deportation fears are causing chaos
Migrant farmworkers are on the front lines of the H5N1 surge — but deportation fears complicate virus surveillance ...
In Iowa’s farm country, small towns rally around a native son in football’s biggest game
In the farm town where Cooper DeJean drew up football plays in elementary school and taught classmates to run them at recess, residents plan a huge party to watch the town’s ...
Schiff calls for firefighter exemption from federal hiring freeze
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Friday urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to exempt federal seasonal firefighters from President Trump’s ...
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USDA on the Government Efficiency List of Spending Targets?
President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon Musk could target USDA agencies, including the Farm Service ...
Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to ...
US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn
A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy ...
Agriculture and Treasury departments combine forces to combat payment fraud
In response to the discovery of nearly $50 million in payments to ineligible farmers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Internal ...