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Guest Author - June 4, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — As of May 27, the state of Indiana has been deemed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza-free by the World Organization for Animal...

Business

Hickman’s Family Farms reports 95 percent loss due to bird flu outbreak

Rachel Danford - June 3, 2025

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — In the past few weeks highly pathogenic avian influenza has been wreaking havoc on commercial table egg layer flocks in Arizona....

Health & Safety

Government cancels about $766M in funding to Moderna for human bird flu vaccine

Rachel Danford - May 29, 2025

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announces that it is cancelling approximately $766 million in funding to Moderna regarding its human H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. The...

Environmental & Sustainability

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

Guest Author - May 28, 2025

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

Events & Features

Feature Profile: Maysville poultry producer, Mark Love

Guest Author - March 11, 2025

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...

Business

USDA announces $1B avian influenza combat strategy investment

Guest Author - February 26, 2025

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

Health & Safety

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

Staff Edit - April 6, 2023

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

Health & Safety

Is the U.S. considering vaccine in the fight against avian influenza?

Staff Edit - April 3, 2023

WASHINGTON — The effects of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) that has been occurring in the U.S. since January 2022, has...

Health & Safety

USDA partners with the NASDA and the pork industry to protect the U.S. from African Swine Fever

Staff Edit - March 30, 2023

WASHINGTON — As part of its continued efforts to prevent the introduction of African Swine Fever (ASF) into the United States, the USDA has...

Health & Safety

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

Staff Edit - March 17, 2023

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

Health & Safety

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

Staff Edit - March 8, 2023

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

Health & Safety

What exactly is avian influenza?

Staff Edit - February 20, 2023

What exactly is avian influenza?

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