Floods Strand Cows, Damage Crops as Wild Weather Hits Australia January 9, 2024 By Keira Wright and Amy Bainbridge Heavy rains and flooding across Australia’s southern state of Victoria has damaged crops and stranded cattle as a months-long run...
Rules Aimed at Contaminated Groundwater Drive Calif. Farmers and Residents to Court December 28, 2023 By Amy Taxin Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get water piped...
Extreme Weather Can Hit Farmers Hard. Those With Smaller Farming Operations Often Pay the Price November 20, 2023 MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Justin Ralph estimates he`s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with...
1.2 Million Chickens Will Be Slaughtered at an Iowa Farm Where Bird Flu Was Found November 13, 2023 By Josh Funk An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was...
Nearly 1M Chickens Will Be Killed on a Minnesota Farm Because of Bird Flu November 8, 2023 By Josh Funk Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Detected at Alabama Chicken Farm November 6, 2023 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000...
New Deadly Bird Flu Cases Reported in Iowa, Joining 3 Other States as Disease Resurfaces October 25, 2023 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird...
The Trees Arrived with Polynesian Voyagers. After Maui Wildfire, There’s a Chance to Restore Them October 20, 2023 By Ed Komenda and Audrey McAvoy LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — For people around the world, the green leaves that sprouted from a scorched, 150-year-old banyan tree...
South Africa Culls About 7.5M Chickens in Effort to Contain Bird Flu Outbreaks October 4, 2023 By Gerald Imray CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens...
US Beefs Up Campaign to Ensure Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Packaging June 15, 2023 By Dee-Ann Durbin The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and...