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Chicken Culling, Disposal Raise Concern As Bird Flu Spreads

The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing...

US Farm Agency To Pay Farmers For Milk Loss Due To Bird Flu

The US Department of Agriculture will soon begin compensating dairy farmers for the loss of milk supply due to bird flu-infected cows, the agency...

US Proposes Bulk Milk Testing For Bird Flu Before Cattle Transport

The US Agriculture Department has proposed allowing farmers to bulk test the milk of their dairy cows for bird flu before gaining approval to ship them acr...

Rising Food Costs Leave Hungry Americans $33bn Behind, Report Says

Hungry people in the US faced a $33.1 billion (€30.5 billion) shortfall in funds for basic food needs in 2022, according to a report by Feeding Americ...

US Wheat Farmers Face Bleak Crop Economics As Grain Oversupply Hits

Profit is growing further out of reach for US wheat farmers and many do not expect to break even in 2024 as ample global supply keeps prices around their l...

Cal-Maine Foods Halts Egg Production At Texas Facility After Detecting Bird Flu

Egg producer Cal-Maine Foods said it had temporarily halted production at its Texas facility after detecting avian influenza, which has led to the culling...

Robusta Coffee Traders Jittery About Prolonged Tightness As Prices Soar

Robusta coffee traders, having watched prices hit 15-year highs in May, are growing jittery that supplies of the bitter bean used to make instant coffee wi...

Global Farms To Double In Size And Halve In Number By 2100, Study Finds

The number of farms across the globe is expected to reduce to half by the end of this century, while the size of the average existing farms double, accordi...