SPRINGDALE, Ark. — As avian influenza, or bird flu, continues to ravage poultry populations across the country after an ...

So far, he said, there is no significant concern for domestic flocks or human transmission in Arkansas. The main issue they’re seeing right now, Reid said, is cases of bird flu in snow geese.

Greg Herbruck, CEO of a Michigan egg production company, said bird flu hit all of the company's farms around last Easter. Production still has not returned to normal levels.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating a bird flu outbreak at an Arkansas broiler operation in Clay County as well as in some backyard flocks across the state. According to the Animal and ...

Consumers have been complaining about the price of eggs in recent months and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

More than 156 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United States since the ...

Egg prices have a cycle and are expected to come down, similar to the last time highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...

“And I’ve always been an avid bird watcher and birder.” Dorrance got his first flock of six chickens when he was in eighth grade. Now, he has four urban chickens. Their names are Hei ...

When bird flu is detected, the flocks need to be depopulated because the current strain ... To learn about extension programs ...

Backyard or hobbyist flock and hunter donations ... In 2022, there were 56,490 birds affected in Arkansas. By 2023, the number of birds affected by the virus had climbed significantly, to 255,280.