A USDA testing program has found that cows on Vermont's dairy farms do not have bird flu and that Vermont is unaffected by ...

Vermont dairy farms are now declared free of bird flu by the USDA. All Vermont Grade A milk was tested, with no infections found. This makes Vermont the first New England state to achieve this status.

MONTPELIER - Vermont dairy farmers have achieved a critical benchmark from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Since a USDA-mandated testing program began over the winter, no samples from the state’s 411 Vermont dairy farms have tested ...

After some testing with the USDA, Vermont has been declared unaffected by highly pathenogenic avian influenza. Vermont is the ...

Today, we look at eggs and the rise of avian flu that began in 2023. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, in March, the ...

While the declaration of an ‘unaffected’ dairy industry is welcome in Vermont, the state reported isolated incidents of the avian, or bird flu strain of HPAI, including as recently as December 2024.

H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. The current public ...