“570K chickens to be destroyed in Nebraska fight against bird flu”

“The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) announced on Tuesday that it has confirmed a case of the highly contagious bird flu in a commercial flock of 570,000 broiler chickens and that the birds will be “humanely depopulated and disposed of.”

NDA, in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), said in a press release the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in a chicken flock in Butler County, Neb…”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/599352-570k-chickens-to-be-destroyed-in-nebraska-fight-against-bird-flu 

This is bad. Due to the supply chain breakdown, covid lockdowns, and the war in Ukraine, food shortages are on the horizon. It’s in our near future and yet food is being destroyed. Regardless of the reason the world needs more food right now not less.