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Hickman's Family Farms plans to lay off at least 85 employees in August after an avian flu outbreak forced them to euthanize 6 million chickens.
Hickman's Family Farms confirmed dozens of layoffs in their company after having lost their "entire West Valley flock of hens." ...
ABC15 inquired with Hickman's Family Farms about the layoff of over 80 employees due to the avian flu, which resulted in the euthanasia of most egg-laying hens.
Hickman’s Family Farms is beginning to lay off employees, after avian flu forced the company to euthanize about 95% of its egg-laying hen population, about 6 million birds in all.
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AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in January.
The World Organisation for Animal Health has officially declared a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in Brazil as resolved. After going 28 days without new cases, Brazil, the leading global ...
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) considers a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in Brazil as "resolved," a page detailing the case on WOAH's website showed on Friday.
Ducks return to a Long Island farm that lost its entire flock to the bird flu Ducks have generally been less prone to serious illness and death than chickens and turkeys. “Something has changed ...