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New online biosecurity premises mapping tool available to livestock producers
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (347+ words) Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in U.S. poultry flocks highlight the importance of biosecurity measures in limiting the spread of infectious disease in livestock production, diseases that can potentially cross into humans. To help producers increase preparedness and…...
Egg Prices Ease as Poultry Producers Prepare for Spring Wildfowl Migration
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (309+ words) Morgane Perraud / Unsplash A report from the American Farm Bureau has good news for egg buyers Egg prices have dropped sharply as production recovers from volatility caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza infections While detections in January and February rose…...
Midwest Livestock Producers Monitor Avian Flu Spread
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (151+ words) U.S. Department of Agriculture / CC Livestock and poultry producers across the Midwest are stepping up biosecurity measures as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to circulate among wild birds and commercial flocks The USDA confirmed additional detections in poultry operations this…...
Turkeys raised down 3% from 2024
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (167+ words) The latest Turkeys Raised Report from the USDA shows a continued decline in the total number of birds produced in the U.S. since 2016, with the only b... The latest Turkeys Raised Report from the USDA shows a continued decline in the total…...
Bird Flu Seen in Central Nebraska Dairy Cattle
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (167+ words) Bovine bird flu is now a thing in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA). The NDA and USDA in recent days identified a ca... Bovine bird flu is now a thing in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska…...
South Dakota at ‘Leading Edge’ of Bird Flu Season
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (160+ words) Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. Agriculture Dot Com says it's the first bird flu cases in U.S. commercial flocks since early July. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the outbreak of highly…...
Avian flu hits turkeys in South Dakota, North Dakota
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (160+ words) Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. Agriculture Dot Com says it's the first bird flu cases in U.S. commercial flocks since early July. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the outbreak of highly…...
Animal Partisan and Humane Farming Association Request Criminal Charges Against Pure Prairie Poultry for Mass Starvation and Abandonment of Chickens
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (781+ words) Animal Partisan and the Humane Farming Association are committed to ensuring industrial animal agriculture corporations face real consequences for their criminal conduct, deterring future cruelty, and protecting both animals and farmers from exploitation driven by corporate greed. Animal Partisan represents…...
CDC Ends Bird Flu Emergency Response
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (592+ words) July 9, 2025: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the o... CDC Ends Bird Flu Emergency Response The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the outbreak…...
U.S. Poultry Producers Get More Overseas Market Access
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (396+ words) FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2019, file photo workers process chickens at the Lincoln Premium Poultry plant, Costco Wholesale's dedicated poultry supplier, in Fremont, Neb. U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in August 2020, just half the July gain, as food and energy prices decline. The…...