3+ hour, 48+ min ago  (236+ words) I write again regarding the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak that continues to devastate our nation's poultry flocks and dairy herds," wrote Senator Baldwin in a letter to United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. The disease…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (673+ words) State has second-most birds hit by avian flu this spring, and vets urge tighter flock biosecurity. Young broilers eat at a feeder on the Bobby Morgan chicken farm in Luling, Texas on Aug. 23, 2013. Bob Nichols/USDA Veterinary experts are urging…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (771+ words) Republicans say the land sale could protect the egg supply; critics call it a giveaway. A Republican bill would allow the sale of public lands near a commercial egg farm as one of the country's largest egg producers in Wisconsin…...