USDA adds $263 million for bird flu costs

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved the second infusion of additional funding to the agency fighting outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza from the Atlantic to the Rockies, said the USDA on Wednesday. In less than three months, more than 33 million birds in domestic flocks, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died of the viral disease… » Read More

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