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April 25, 2022 | 5:21 AM

Bird flu drives free-range hens indoors to protect poultry in Pennsylvania and other states

Bird flu cases have been identified in commercial chicken and turkey farms or in backyard flocks in the commonwealth and 28 other states.

By David Pitt/The Associated Press
April 18, 2022 | 3:02 PM

Are birds in Pa. at risk after avian flu found in Lancaster County?

By Scott LaMar/WITF
April 9, 2022 | 11:54 AM

A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay

That may mean trouble for poultry farmers who have been doing their best to control this flu outbreak in their flocks.

By Nell Greenfieldboyce/NPR

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April 4, 2022 | 5:11 AM

An avian flu outbreak has Pennsylvania on alert

Avian influenza is very rarely transmitted by birds to people, but infected poultry have to be put down to stop the spread.

By Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front
March 27, 2022 | 7:40 AM

Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

If the virus continues to spread, it could affect poultry prices — already higher amid widespread inflation.

By Laurel Wamsley/NPR
May 22, 2020 | 5:54 AM

570 workers have coronavirus at North Carolina poultry plant

This is the second time this month the plant has temporarily halted operations.
By Keri Brown/WFDD
May 1, 2020 | 5:16 AM

Report finds poultry farming sends more pollution to Chesapeake Bay than previously thought

The Environmental Integrity Project’s analysis estimates that about 1 million more pounds of nitrogen pollution are entering the Chesapeake Bay each year from the poultry industry than state and federal cleanup programs estimate.  

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania
March 29, 2018 | 6:16 PM

Bell & Evans to more than double its use of chicken farms for new plant

By Daniel Walmer/The Lebanon Daily News
April 21, 2015 | 10:32 AM

Poultry farm, feed mill proposed in Codorus Township

By Lillian Reed and Jennifer Wentz, Hanover Evening Sun
February 6, 2014 | 1:55 PM

Bell and Evans expansion could create 380 midstate jobs

By Tim Lambert/WITF