US Department of Agriculture News

Bird Flu Costs Pile Up as Outbreak Enters Second Year

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. …

Bird Flu Drives Free-Range Hens Indoors to Protect Poultry

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also protecting chickens from a …