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A genotype of highly pathogenic avian influenza previously identified in wild birds has been found for the first time in dairy cattle, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday.

Dairy producers are bracing to lose workers amid mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, making reforms to legal foreign worker pathways a major priority for the industry in the year ahead, International Dairy Foods Association CEO Michael Dykes said in a speech Monday.

A UK social media storm around a new feed additive to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cattle highlights the threat misinformation poses to global agriculture trade and technological progress and could be a harbinger of future challenges, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.

The Colombian government has angered dairy groups by placing a 4.86% tariff on imports of U.S. milk powder for the next four months while it finishes investigating claims of domestic harm.

The Food and Drug Administration has released draft guidance on its second round of voluntary sodium reduction targets in various commercially processed, packaged and prepared foods in its latest effort to address diet-related diseases connected with high-sodium intake.

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.