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U.S. Farmers Brace for Losses in New Trade War With China
The U.S. agricultural industry is bracing for the potential of tens of billions of dollars in losses after China on Friday announced a 34…
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New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for…
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Woman hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird blu
A woman in Wyoming was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, according to health officials who say she was likely infected by handling sickened…
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Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study
A new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the H5N1 bird flu virus is likely circulating…
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Chicks Raised to Lay Eggs Are Lost in Fire at a Large Farm in Ohio
A fire tore through a large commercial farm in western Ohio this week that was housing hundreds of thousands of chickens raised to lay…
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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
Perdue Farms and JBS, two of the country’s biggest meatpackers, will pay a combined $8 million after the Department of Labor found the…
Business
UK signs new poultry export deal with South Africa as bird flu ban ends
The UK has announced that an avian-influenza-linked trade embargo with South Africa has been lifted. It means UK producers will be able to…