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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Poultry and egg producers are closely watching the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has already hit more states than the 2014-2015 outbreak and infected close to half the number of birds as it did seven years ago.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has now spread to 14 states and more than 7.6 million birds, with the Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s announcement that a commercial layer flock in Wisconsin had been infected.