How much money has USDA dished out to get HPAI under control?

The current High Pathogenic Avian Flu outbreak has broken records since it began more than a year ago.

U.S. ag officials have spent $670 million dollars to try to get it under control. According to APHIS, the majority has gone to compensation for depopulated birds and eggs. The rest has gone to culling and disposal, personnel, state agreements, and field costs.

To date, HPAI has taken nearly 59 million birds and caused countless losses for producers.

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