Articles Tagged with ''HPAI''

The U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on intellectual property protections, out today, includes concerns about the European Union’s “aggressive promotion” of geographical indications for food products.

Lactating dairy cattle scheduled to move from one state to another will first have to be tested for the presence of the H5N1 virus, according to a USDA order issued Wednesday.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted concerns over declining U.S. farms and farmland and other key issues the agency faces during a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. 
The hearing focused on President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget request for the agency. 

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in three additional dairy herds in Michigan, the state’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Friday.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a dairy herd in North Carolina, bringing to seven the number of states where HPAI has been found in dairy cattle. The other states are Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Idaho, New Mexico and Ohio.

The nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., confirmed Tuesday that a large layer operation in the Texas panhandle that accounts for 3.6% of the company’s production has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

A Texas resident who was directly exposed to dairy cattle that were “presumed to be infected with avian influenza” is being treated for bird flu, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday.

Supermarket prices rose 0.1% in May, despite declines in prices for dairy, eggs and some other products, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.