Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia officials have confirmed a first-ever case of the bird flu in a commercial poultry operation in the state. State officials ...

In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these ...

(CNN) — All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, officials said Friday. The positive bird flu case in Elbert County was ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins addresses the National Association of Counties legislative conference, March 4 (USDA photo) Agriculture Department officials said Thursday they're focusing their efforts to ...