The nation's major trading partners do not import vaccinated birds, which creates a challenge for farmers who raise chickens for meat, as opposed to those who raise egg-laying hens.

Multiple moving parts have caused a shortage of eggs, starting with avian influenza and demand, David Murray writes.

With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...

DELMARVA - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a conditional license for drug company Zoetis' vaccine for avian ...

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rolled out the agency’s $1 billion plan to lessen the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak and deal with the major increases in egg ...

Trump, who favors quick, bold, short-term solutions, has reached out to Turkey (one of the few countries with whom he still has good relations) and arranged to buy 15,000 tons of eggs. That may ease ...

Dr. Carlson said with only conditional approval, there are still many steps to accomplish, and that could take a year or two ...

Poultry producers, disease experts and government officials are now questioning the practice of widespread culling in ...

About half of the newborn birds are female — with hens beginning to lay their own eggs at the age of six months.

On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the ...

USDA is working to get more eggs into the supply chain in the short-term, but U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says ...

With a rising number of pet owners and increased spending, the pet industry is demonstrating strong growth potential.