A disease outbreak nearly cost this US poultry farmer everything. One more could wipe him out

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of trucks and cars entering his poultry farm. “We spray them off and scrub them with a brush. It’s a precaution; the goal is to eliminate as many potential avenues for a pathogen to enter as possible,” said the owner of Tardif Poultry Farm, located in the Connecticut countryside east of Hartford. Continue reading...

By Alissa de Chassey