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There’s been much anger and lament (my own included) about government budget cuts for PBS radio and TV stations around the ...
Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January. The first wave of more than 900 ...
Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.
Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.
Ducks return to a Long Island farm that lost its entire flock to the bird flu Ducks have generally been less prone to serious illness and death than chickens and turkeys. “Something has changed ...
With ducks hatched from eggs spared from slaughter, he’s working to preserve the unique lineage of fowl that’s allowed his family’s farm to thrive even as others on Long Island fell by the ...
AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in ...
The farm received federal compensation for its euthanized ducks, but it wasn’t nearly close to the market value of the birds — never mind the expense of rebuilding in a high cost region that ...