Lands in cities and towns that were once shipping points for livestock can be low-lying, unfavorable and often prone to flooding. They’re also hotbeds for new developments.
Category: Livestock
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A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
There is no guarantee that a person-to-person virus would be benign, scientists say, and vaccines and treatments at hand may not be sufficient.
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Montana Has More Cows Than People. Why Are Locals Eating Beef From Brazil?
Cole Mannix, of Old Salt Co-op, is trying to change local appetites and upend an industry controlled by multibillion-dollar meatpackers.
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Bird Flu Has Infected a Third U.S. Farmworker
The worker had respiratory symptoms, unlike the first two. But the risk to the public remains low, federal health officials said.
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Will Billions More in New Aid Save Family Farms?
The Biden administration aims to better support small farmers while still aiding big operations and rewarding climate-friendly practices. It’s a tall order.
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A Second Dairy Worker Has Contracted Bird Flu, C.D.C. Reports
The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding that the risk to the general public remained low.
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Farm Animals Are Hauled All Over the Country. So Are Their Pathogens.
Tens of millions of farm animals cross state lines every year, traveling in cramped, stressful conditions that can facilitate the spread of disease.
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Sweetgreen Is Introducing Steak. What About Its Climate Goals?
The fast-casual chain aims to be climate neutral by 2027, but beef is a big contributor to climate change.
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Pasteurized Dairy Foods Free of Live Bird Flu, Federal Tests Confirm
But the scope of the outbreak among cattle remains uncertain, and little human testing has been done.
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Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests
The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of.
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The Fight to Fend Off Bird Flu With Lasers and Inflatable Dancers
Some poultry growers are turning to innovative tactics to protect their flocks, deploying deterrents like drones, air horns, balloons and decoy predators.