US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture announced on Friday a new plan to pay dairy farmers and farm workers to take steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Over the next four months, the government will pay up to $28,000 per farm to support specific steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle. Some $98 million will be funneled to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to fund the program.

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