With more than 100 million birds affected – and since March 2024, dairy cattle, too – the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been giving farmers and consumers headaches ...

Now that avian flu is in local wild birds, there may be more birds that farmers need to be aware of. The way H5N1 may get into a poultry house is probably changing, and so farmers are having to ...

But despite avian flu being a key concern for farmers at the moment, it isn't the only factor pushing prices skyward. ... 2022, at $3.66 a dozen, according to the latest USDA egg market report.

Avian flu a challenge for turkey farmers 01:51. CANNON FALLS, Minn. -- In less than a week, families will be celebrating Thanksgiving.That means grocery stores and retailers are starting to see a ...

A group representing farmers isn’t so sure that higher egg prices are because of avian flu, pointing instead to corporate greed for the skyrocketing costs at grocery stores. Farm Action, a ...

A farm in Melrose, Minnesota, quarantines after a bird flu outbreak in 2010. Federal authorities are now requiring stepped-up biosecurity measures before reimbursing farmers for bird flu losses.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, is spreading across the U.S., forcing farmers to destroy nearly 280 commercial and backyard flocks in 32 states since January.

Jan. 19—There's no riddle here: It's the chicken, not the egg. A highly pathogenic avian flu strain has been circulating in North America since 2022, and it has recently taken root at poultry ...

Since the outbreak began in 2022, more than 162 million birds have been culled. In the past 30 days alone, bird flu has been detected in 24 states. The virus has been confirmed in poultry in all ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 20, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins convened a roundtable with two dozen farmers from seven states to address pressing agricultural challenges, including strategies ...

The bird flu is taking a toll on Pennsylvania farmers."We're really in probably the worst spot that we've been, I would say, since the initial outbreak back in April of 2022 here," said Grant ...