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 ...

The USDA is investing $1 billion to fight bird flu, including financial relief for affected farmers. But the bird flu is still certain to have a wider impact beyond the agricultural sector.

Migratory bird season peaks in Michigan in May. Dairy and poultry farmers worry that the birds could bring H5N1 avian influenza with them to Michigan and infect their flocks and herds.

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 ...

Egg farmers are facing a catastrophic global animal disease outbreak that has wiped out over 130 million egg-laying hens, resulting in egg prices hitting historic highs, and the secretary of Agricu… ...

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 ...

Hello and welcome to the Sprouts Farmers' Market, First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will ...

For months, an outbreak of avian flu in the state’s commercial poultry flock has stopped farmers from exporting and trading their birds to some foreign counties.

Makers of plant-based eggs are expanding production and launching flashy marketing campaigns in a bid to cash in on record-high prices of chicken eggs in the US amid the country’s bird flu epidemic.