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USDA identifies new bird flu cases in Pennsylvania, Utah

New cases of bird flu have been detected in a commercial chicken flock in Pennsylvania and a backyard flock in Utah, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday, in what is one of the worst outbreaks in the country’s history.

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Commentary: Our pending farmland crisis

Luckily for my family, we get along. So when it came to deciding what to do with our farm, we agreed to form a trust to keep the land together.

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza found in Colorado chickens

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in a non-commercial backyard poultry flock in Colorado, the USDA confirmed in a statement on Saturday, amid the worst U.S. outbreak of the virus in seven years.

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Millions of bird deaths as US hit by avian flu outbreak

US officials believe nearly 24m poultry birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died of flu since virus strain identified in February

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More schools offer plant-based meals

Despite many challenges, schools are focusing on equity and nutrition in an effort to feed kids more options

Salon

Bird flu's grisly question: how to kill millions of poultry

When cases of bird flu are found on poultry farms officials act quickly to slaughter all the birds in that flock even when it numbers in the millions, but animal welfare groups say their methods are inhumane

The Independent UK

Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not harmful to wild birds…

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Everybody blames Mitch McConnell

Republicans are angling to nix the waivers from President Biden's federal budget for 2023

Salon

Frank Shyong: Border patrol officials couldn't explain how seizures of Chinese jerky prevent disease, so let me try

The email from U.S. Customs and Border Protection landed in my inbox with a dire warning.

Los Angeles Times

Connecticut Should Let Small Farmers Slaughter Their Rabbits on Their Farms

A cost-efficient and humane method for processing rabbit meat is preferable to the state's current system.

Reason

US Lawmakers Push for Global Food Aid Funding as UN Warns of Famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the US Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said. Congress passed $13 billion in aid for Ukraine on March 9, but the $2.65 billion earmarked in the package…

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U.S. lawmakers push for global food aid funding as UN warns of famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the U.S. Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said.

Reuters

The US Lost 1.3 Million Acres Of Farmland In 2021 - Here's Why It Matters

The latest Farm and Land in Farms report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows the US lost 1.3 million acres of farmland in 2021. The total land in farms decreased from 896,600,000 acres in 2020 to 895,300,000 acres in 2021.

Benzinga

Shows are over for Seaquarium’s killer whale Lolita, new managers say. 50-year era ends

MIAMI — The shows are over for Lolita the killer whale.

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Fraud has plagued federal meals program for years

MINNEAPOLIS — Long before the FBI accused the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future and some of its prime contractors of fraud, the federal government's child nutrition programs were wasting more than $1 billion a year on "improper payments," according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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USDA Announces Intent To Conduct A National Hemp Survey In Partnership With The University Of Kentucky

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Elon Musk's Neuralink lab monkeys: Doctors group alleging abuse opens rare window into secretive world

This sick little monkey "readily ate apricots." That bad little monkey got none. An upset little monkey was "holding hands" with her "buddy" in the next-door cage, calmer after having some Valium, but still pulling on her brain-electrode port.

The Independent UK

Bird flu found in backyard flocks in New York, Maine

Highly contagious avian influenza was previously found mostly in commercial poultry; infected birds were killed

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USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened

The U.S. secretary of agriculture says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine offers American farmers a chance to boost production and prevent supply chain problems

Reuters

U.S. will immediately resume Mexican avocado imports, USDA says

The United States on Friday ended a ban on imports of avocados from Mexico's Michoacan state and restarted an agricultural inspection program it had halted out of concern for the safety of U.S. workers.

Benzinga

America Produced $824 Million Of Hemp In 2021, USDA Confirms

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the

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Is an avocado shortage looming?

Grab your guacamole while you can

Roll Call

IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

The inspector general said a USDA office was slow to handle complaints of discrimination during the Trump administration.

Reuters

U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. imports of new Mexican avocado harvests will stay suspended for "as long as necessary" to ensure the safety of U.S. inspectors who were threatened verbally in Mexico's western Michoacan state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday.

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USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.

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