HPAI Found In Georgia Flock and SCOTUS Hears Roundup Case

From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.

**The Georgia Department of Agriculture and the USDA’s

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed a positive case of HPAI, or bird flu in a non-commercial backyard flock in Pierce County.

www.morningagclips.com reports the affected flock, including about 60 chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, has been depopulated as part of standard response protocols to prevent further spread of the disease.

The owner contacted the Georgia Poultry Lab Network on April 14.

**Congressional committees are expected to continue hearings and draft language for a new Farm Bill in the coming weeks as pressure builds before current provisions expire.

Ag groups are pressing lawmakers to strengthen the farm safety net as growers face weak crop prices, elevated borrowing costs and uncertain export demand.

The next Farm Bill is especially important because many producers are facing narrower profit margins after years of high input costs and shifting markets.

**The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Durnell v. Monsanto, a case involving allegations that exposure to Roundup caused cancer.

Missouri plaintiff John Durnell claims that Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate, led to his development of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

He’s asking the Court to uphold a $1.2 million jury award.

The case is one of thousands filed over the past decade against Monsanto, now owned by Bayer.…Read more by