New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

While H5N1 does not have high mortality rates in dairy cows, the infection causes decreases milk production and milk quality, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response to bird flu as the outbreak that sickened dozens of people, spread to cattle, and drove up egg prices has abated.

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts ...

“Farmers of all sorts are price-takers, not price-makers,” said Glenn Hickman, the president of Hickman Family Farms. Last week, he said prices often reflect the market.

In the end, 6.5 million of Herbruck's birds either died from the avian flu virus or were culled in an effort to stop its spread. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls it "stamping out" the virus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 20, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins convened a roundtable with two dozen farmers from seven states to address pressing agricultural challenges, including strategies ...

We are now in year four of a catastrophic global animal disease outbreak that has wiped out more than 130 million egg-laying hens in the U.S. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has ...

Citing effects of tariffs, Vital Farms tells retail partners like Kroger, Target and Whole Foods that it will raise egg prices at least 10% this month First it was the avian flu outbreak, and now ...

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North Carolina egg and poultry producers worked to prevent the spread of avian flu known as H5N1. Egg shortages caused by the virus contributed to higher egg prices at the grocery stores.

Eat Just, maker of egg substitute Just Egg, last month started promoting its mung bean-based liquid egg as a “bird flu bailout”, after the average retail price of a dozen eggs in US cities ...