Tom Polansek

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -Cows at three dairy farms in California, the top U.S. milk-producing state, tested positive for bird flu, the state's agriculture department said on Friday.

WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin - In Michigan this year, where dairy workers and herds have fallen ill from bird flu, a pair of unlikely prized cows are being prepped to take the state fair stage.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for U.S. corn production and yields on Thursday, surprising traders who expected a decline following a spell of dry summer weather.

The labor strike blocks everything from shipments of automobiles to containers filled with Guatemalan bananas and Italian wine from loading or unloading at dozens of ports from Maine to Texas.

This autumn, flocks in the $67 billion U.S. poultry industry for the first time face a double risk for infections from dairies and migrating birds that can spread the disease.

By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas CHICAGO (Reuters) -California is investigating a possible case of bird flu in a dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle, the state's public health department said on Thursday.

Mosaic Co said on Friday that water supporting the chemical company's storage of a waste byproduct from fertilizer manufacturing in Florida probably made its way into Tampa Bay following a downpour from Hurricane Milton.

CHICAGO >> H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today.

For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting

U.S. farmers want something from President-elect Donald Trump that his trade policies mean he is unlikely to deliver: increased access to the market of top soy-importer China.