Citing rising food prices and the need for self-sufficiency, Nappanee resident Harold “Brian” Barr urged the city council Monday night to consider amending a local ordinance to allow residents to keep chickens.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Natural Resources continues to detect highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds throughout Indiana and has currently detected the H5NI virus in 30 counties.
Read MoreTwo new major commercial poultry production facilities in Indiana have been hit with Bird Flu.
Read MoreThe deadliest outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history is prompting growing concern in Congress, and Department of Agriculture researchers are awaiting the preliminary results of four trials of vaccines for poultry.
Read MoreLately, free-range egg producers have been left wondering whether it is okay to keep free-range chickens from ranging freely.
Read MoreAvian influenza, better known commonly as bird flu, has presented itself at yet another local farm.
Read MoreNow for a second time, a bird flu outbreak has been discovered on an Elkhart farm, bolstering a flock of an estimated 6,000 birds.
Read MoreA highly pathogenic form of avian flu, H5N1, was recently found here in Elkhart County in a commercial poultry flock.
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