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UPDATE: Rollins announces $21M investment for NWS eradication efforts

WASHINGTON — USDA announces investment in a fruit fly production facility in Mexico to help combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). “Our partnership with Mexico...

Feature Profile: Maysville poultry producer, Mark Love

MAYSVILLE, Ga. — The poultry industry is a significant part of northeast Georgia’s landscape, with Mark Love’s Maysville farm among the more than 4,000...

USDA announces $1B avian influenza combat strategy investment

WASHINGTON — Today, the USDA announced federal actions to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a $1 billion...

Bald eagles aren’t fledging as many chicks due to avian influenza

ATHENS, Ga.  — Bald eagles are often touted as a massive conservation success story due to their rebound from near extinction in the 1960s. But...

Questions, testing, and lawsuits follow a toxic train derailment in Ohio

This Associated Press photo shows a plume of smoke rising from the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3. Mar 17, 2023 0

NASDA says helping farmers and ranchers plan ahead is essential for biosecurity

ARLINGTON, Va. — At its recent 2023 Winter Policy Conference NASDA (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture) members supported creating new incentives to...

Education program reinforces need for biosecurity plans in feed facilities

Special Dr. Louise Dufour-Zavala, executive director of the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network, speaking on the current HPAI outbreak in the U.S. during the American Feed Industry Association’s educational program at IPPE 2023.

Latin American Poultry Summit looked at avian influenza situation

ATLANTA — Dr. Claudia Osorio, Elanco Animal Health, presented a timely session titled, “Current Avian Influenza Situation in North America” at the 2023 Latin...

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