US government announces new financial incentives for dairy farmers to stem the spread of bird flu in cattle

US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture announced on Friday a new plan to pay dairy farmers and farm workers to take steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Over the next four months, the government will pay up to $28,000 per farm to support specific steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle. Some $98 million will be funneled to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to fund the program.

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