The price of chicken is about to go up, if you can find it ...
Arkansas poultry growers on alert for bird fluby Nathan Owens | March 9, 2022 at 2:43 a.m. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/mar/09/arkansas-poultry-growers-on-alert-for-bird-flu/Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as the bird flu, are spreading into commercial flocks in the United States, data show, raising concerns among chicken companies and the growers who raise birds for them.
In the past five days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified at least four instances of the airborne respiratory virus at four farms that raise birds for meat consumption or eggs. According to recent reports, infected flocks were found in Iowa, Maryland, Missouri and South Dakota.
Cases have also been found in backyard flocks in the Midwest and Northeastern regions of the country, as well as commercial flocks in Delaware, Kentucky and Indiana, after the federal agency first identified the Eurasian H5 strain of the virus in a wild American wigeon in South Carolina in mid-January...
... Poultry growers are on high alert for the virus. The USDA has confirmed 23 total flocks affected by the virus as of Tuesday, resulting in the killing of more than
2.79 million birds, according to data from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...
On the bright side, that means less chicken poop run-off to contribute to algae outbreaks.
