As bird flu continues to drive egg prices higher, lawmakers eye vaccination
With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and ...
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Beyond the Birds: Avian Flu Infects Other Animals
Avian flu is not just for the birds; cases have been reported in the United States in dairy cows, as well as types of cats, a ...
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Rural Finance Authority Further Expands Loan Eligibility for Animal Disease Outbreaks
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority (RFA) Board has further expanded eligibility for zero-interest Disaster Recovery Loans available to Minnesota farmers whose operations ...
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Killing 166 Million Birds Hasn't Stopped Bird Flu. Is There a Better Way?
Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...
Bird lasers embraced by Minnesota farmers to keep flocks healthy amid H5N1 outbreak
Jake Vlaminck's family operates Fahlun Farms, which was hit hard by the flu in 2023. That's when he decided to buy a laser to ...
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As bird flu spreads, feds might undercut states by firing scientists, removing data
As bird flu cases increase, state officials worry that the Trump administration’s firings of scientists will undermine ...
As bird flu spreads, feds could undercut states by firing scientists, removing data
As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration's firings of ...
Brownfield Ag News7d
Minnesota emergency response to poultry disease outbreaks
Poultry diseases are running rampant across several Midwest states. Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen says producers in his state are dealing with highly pathogenic avian ...
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Minnesota Department of Agriculture starts milk testing pilot program for bird flu
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is launching a new pilot program to test unpasteurized milk for highly pathogenic ...
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Why isn't the U.S. using a bird flu vaccine in poultry?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy to fight the escalating ...