The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its ...
He said the family will have to reckon with the future of the fourth-generation business, which was established in 1908 and ...
The farm is a top supplier of duck for high-end restaurants, including eateries on Long Island and in New York City.
The last duck farm on New York's Long Island is facing an uncertain future after a bird flu outbreak forced the culling of nearly 100,000 ducks.
No cases have been detected among workers at the farm. A commercial poultry farm on Long Island, New York, is being forced to kill thousands of ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.
“The only way we’ve survived on Long Island is by making a duck that is different from our competition,” Corwin said. Following the outbreak, the farm was allowed to hold on to several ...
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 ...
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.