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USDA Thursday announced up to $100 million dollars in funding for research into various methods of preventing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry flocks. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins provides some of the details regarding up to $100 million dollars in funding for research of various therapeutic, vaccination, and other methods of High Path Avian Flu prevention.

The Agriculture Secretary Thursday discussed a decline in wholesale egg prices over the past few weeks, and what that means for USDA's HPAI strategy and retail prices. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discusses recent declines in wholesale egg prices, and how that is translated at the retail level, with awareness that the high-demand Easter season approaches.

USDA will conduct enhanced biosecurity assessments on commercial poultry operations in continuing efforts to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in poultry flocks. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

USDA officials provided a progress report on prongs within the Department’s Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza strategy, including indemnity rates for impacted producers and egg imports to alleviate high egg prices. (Rod Bain. Secretary Brooke Rollins. USDA Chief of Staff Kailee Buller)

The Agriculture Secretary explains what is needed before any potential Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza vaccine for poultry is determined available and ready for use. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

March 20 and 21 in 1935 were noted historically both for incoming dust storms in the Nation's Capital and a Congressional hearing on the future of a Soil Conservation Service. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service historian Shelby Callaway)

With cases of a strain of what is known as bird flu recently found in dairy cattle, USDA and other stakeholders have been busy monitoring the situation and implementing measures to protect our nation’s dairy cattle. Rod Bain looks at what has so far transpired in this edition of “Agriculture USA”...

Areas impacted by tornadoes over the past week and weekend could face another round of active weather during the middle part of this week. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey