He said the family will have to reckon with the future of the fourth-generation business, which was established in 1908 and ...

It’s a fowl day on the East End. An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has struck Long Island’s last remaining duck farm and forced the operators to put down 99,000 birds, according to reports.

The risk to humans is still considered low, although transmission is possible for farm workers who handle the infected flock ...

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said. By Liam Stack ...

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NEW YORK — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the slaughter of ...

Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Weighs Closure After Outbreak Leads to Killing of Entire Flock NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the slaughter ...

including many who had worked there for decades as the farm’s revenue cratered. “If duck farming isn’t an option, I’m not sure what we’d do,” he said. “We’re not really set up for ...