Bird flu costs pile up as outbreak enters second year

Photo by Obie Fernandez on Unsplash. Article by Josh Funk. AP News – February 18, 2023.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. In addition to the cost of the government response that the USDA tallied up and rising prices for eggs, chicken and turkey, farmers who raise those animals have easily lost more than $1 billion […]

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