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Poultry Industry, USDA Prepare for Possible Bird Flu Return to Midwest

This batch of young turkeys is among the first birds returned to an avian-flu infected farm in northwest Iowa. (Amy Mayer/Harvest Public Media)
This batch of young turkeys is among the first birds returned to an avian-flu infected farm in northwest Iowa. (Amy Mayer/Harvest Public Media)

Following a devastating bird flu outbreak in the Midwest this past spring, authorities fear the worst this fall — an even bigger outbreak. These fears are focused on the fall migration, when wild birds fly south for the winter. But as Harvest Public Media’s Amy Mayer reports, officials still don’t know exactly what the biggest threats are.


Harvest Public Media is a reporting project based in the Midwest that covers rural issues and agriculture; from food to fuel. Learn more at HarvestPublicMedia.org.