USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise

By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025

Egg plan 1.jpeg — Bird flu, or H5N1, has disrupted the work of poultry farmers for years and began infecting dairy herds last year.
USDA photo by Lance Cheung

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By Jennifer Shutt, Minnesota Reformer

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday it plans to spend up to $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to try to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry.

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Egg plan 2.jpg — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during her Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
Getty Images photo by Kayla Bartkowski

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