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US will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says

By Leah Douglas, Reuters February 26, 2025
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, including increasing imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday.

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How bird flu has sent US eggs prices skyrocketing

Eggs have reached almost $5 per dozen, or more than $7 Canadian, with some big cities seeing nearly double that price

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 21, 2025
The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens.


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USDA detects a second bird flu strain in dairy cattle, agency email says

Strain not seen in cows previously

By Leah Douglas, Reuters February 5, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.

FILE PHOTO: Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the America First Policy Institute speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Trump pick to lead USDA eyes payments to farmers to cover trade losses from tariffs

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 24, 2025
Brooke Rollins, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the approach taken in Trump’s first term.

FILE PHOTO: Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the America First Policy Institute speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Trump’s USDA secretary pick led group opposed to ethanol, farm subsidies

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 23, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to run the Agriculture Department, Brooke Rollins, led an organization that opposed ethanol mandates and farm subsidies, major programs she could influence if confirmed, according to a Reuters review of the group's policy statements.


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Immigrant US farmworkers prepare for Trump mass deportation plan

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 17, 2025
Immigrant farmworkers are preparing for incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, including by assigning guardians for their children if they are detained, according to groups providing them legal support.

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US to build new stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry

By Leah Douglas, Reuters January 8, 2025
The U.S. will rebuild its stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry matched to the current strain of the virus circulating among commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

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Louisiana reports first bird flu-related death in US

By Julie Steenhuysen, Leah Douglas, Reuters January 6, 2025
A U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday, marking the country's first reported human death from the virus.


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US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply

Virus has infected nearly half of California's 1,100 dairy farms

By Leah Douglas, Reuters December 6, 2024
The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus among dairy herds.

Migrant workers clean fields in California’s Salinas Valley on March 30, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
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US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Ted Hesson November 25, 2024
U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

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