Federal authorities on Friday pledged nearly $200 million in an attempt to control the spread of bird flu on dairy farms. Some of that money would go directly to farms to help them reduce the ...
(WPBN/WGTU) -- The Federal Government wants to stop the spread of the bird flu on dairy farms, so farmers will now get paid to test their cows. The bird flu outbreak in dairy cows was first ...
So far, scores of dairy farm cows in 12 states—including Michigan and Ohio—have been infected with H5N1, also known as bird ...
WADENA, Minn. — The Wadena County Fair kicked off on Wednesday, June 19, and Kami Hoemberg was as busy as ever trying to get her show animals checked in and ready for a few days of work and play.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is at odds with state officials and the dairy industry over its on-the-ground response to the avian flu outbreak spreading among dairy cows ...
Dairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an outbreak among cattle herds of highly pathogenic avian influenza — once thought to be confined ...
Some people mistakenly think raw milk could protect against bird flu. Instead, they could infect themselves, giving the virus ...
LANSING — A top agriculture official said Wednesday the state has found no bird flu within the poultry industry in the last six weeks while dairy farms continue to be impacted, with the latest ...
U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows that has ...
In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle. The buzz soon reached Darren Turley, executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen: “They said ...
With the quality based payment, a farmer earns extra money based on good appearance and taste of the milk, cleanliness, fat content. He said 65 per cent of Kenyan milk is sold at the farm gate and ...
The bird flu crisis on dairy farms could boost interest in milk protein manufactured in microorganisms and plants. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly ...