Sonoma County's poultry industry, valued at $50 million, is experiencing a severe impact from an avian flu outbreak, with over a million birds euthanized in Petaluma, the egg capital of California. The epidemic, which has forced poultry providers to cull several million chickens and ducks, is part of a wider crisis across the United States. This outbreak is now severely affecting chicken farms in Sonoma County and threatening the national supply of poultry and eggs. Experts are warning that consumers will soon feel the effects, with predictions of rising egg prices and a shortage of eggs in Sonoma County, signaling potential food inflation.
Food inflation> Avian flu surges in Northern California, threatening national poultry, egg supplies Farms across California have had to euthanize several million chickens and ducks in recent weeks, as a wave of avian influenza threatens to upend national poultry and egg…
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