Dec 20, 2024 · With each detection of HPAI in livestock, USDA and our Federal and State partners have taken swift action to trace animal movements, assess the disease prevalence in herds, and initiate a variety of testing activities to confirm the safety of the meat and milk supplies.

Jan 7, 2025 · Dairy products include fluid beverage milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, yogurt, dry milk products, condensed milk, and whey products. For more U.S. dairy-related information, see Background, Market Outlook, Trade, Policy, and Readings.

Mar 29, 2024 · On Monday, March 25, the agencies confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two dairy herds in Texas and two dairy herds in Kansas that had cattle exhibiting these symptoms.

Tests so far indicate that the virus detected in dairy cows is H5N1, Eurasian lineage goose/Guangdong clade 2.3.4.4b. This is the same clade that has been affecting wild birds and commercial poultry flocks and has caused sporadic infections in several species of wild mammals, and neonatal goats in one herd in the United States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2024 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), which builds on measures taken by USDA and federal and state partners since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in …

May 23, 2024 · USDA will soon issue a rule making funding available from the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to compensate eligible producers with positive herds who experience loss of milk production.

May 30, 2024 · USDA is adding an additional $824 million in emergency funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to bolster these efforts and is launching a new Voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program to give dairy producers more options to monitor the health of their herds and move cows more quickly while providing on-going testing and ...

Jan 8, 2025 · USDA's ERS conducts research and analyses on the livestock market, including the cattle and beef market, and provides a monthly industry outlook as well as current and historical data covering supply, use, prices, and trade of cattle and beef.

Jan 16, 2025 · See the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report. Dairy: Milk production for 2024 is lowered from last month, with lower estimates for milk cow inventories and lower expected milk per cow ensuing from the most recent Milk Production report.

4 days ago · The USDA continues to invest heavily in vaccine research and development to help prevent the spread of H5N1 among animals. The agency is conducting field trials of HPAI vaccines for poultry and dairy cattle, and is exploring vaccine options for other species.