Avian flu is hammering hens — should poultry farmers get a bailout?

Grist
By Donald CarrJul 30, 2015, 12:20 pm27 pts
You may have noticed that the price of eggs has gone up. That’s partially due to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza epidemic that decimated poultry farms across 15 U.S. states this spring. The death toll from the flu and culling has surged to over 48 million birds. The bulk were egg-laying hens, many…

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