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Daybreak Foods, hit by bird flu, laying off workers
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (271+ words) WHITEWATER --- Egg producer Daybreak Foods is laying off 87 workers at its Whitewater and Palmyra plants, according to a state filing. It comes in the wake of a bird flu outbreak at the facilities earlier this year that forced the company…...
The city looks to changing poultry ordinace
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (277+ words) JANESVILLE " The city of Janesville is considering updating its ordinance on keeping poultry to allow residents to keep ducks. The proposed ordinance will be reviewed by the Sustainable Janesville Committee for a recommendation on March 17 at 6:30 a.m. at city hall. The…...
Poultry movement banned in four-county area after bird flu confirmed
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (668+ words) Children watch chickens hatch inside a brooder at the Walworth County Fair in Elkhorn on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. JANESVILLE " The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has paused poultry shows and all other poultry movement in a four-county area,…...
Poultry movement banned in four-county area after confirmed bird flu
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (212+ words) JANESVILLE " The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has paused poultry shows and all other poultry movement in a four-county area after two confirmed cases of bird flu at Jefferson County poultry farms. Children watch chickens hatch inside…...