The Los Angeles Post
U.S. World Business Lifestyle
Today: March 19, 2025
Today: March 19, 2025
Leah Douglas

Leah Douglas

Staff Writer

Latest From Leah Douglas

Business|Economy|News|US

US to clarify enforcement of antitrust laws in meatpacking

Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by

US to clarify enforcement of antitrust laws in meatpacking
News|US

US food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products

The U.S.

US food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products
Business|Economy|Health|News|US

US farm agency to pay farmers for milk loss due to bird flu

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin compensating dairy farmers for the loss of milk supply due to bird flu-infected cows, the agency said on Thursday.

US farm agency to pay farmers for milk loss due to bird flu
Health|US

More US bird flu spread would heighten human infection risk, officials say

Further spread of bird flu among U.S. dairy herds presents additional opportunities for human infections, federal officials said on Thursday while

More US bird flu spread would heighten human infection risk, officials say
Uncategorized

Michigan will pay farmers to help investigate bird flu outbreaks

By P.J.

Michigan will pay farmers to help investigate bird flu outbreaks
Business|Environment|Science|Technology|US

US carbon pipeline company pledges no oil recovery, but Bakken drillers want it

Summit Carbon Solutions, which is trying to build the biggest carbon dioxide capture pipeline in the United States to transport and bury greenhouse gases, has repeatedly

US carbon pipeline company pledges no oil recovery, but Bakken drillers want it
US

US farmers receive more than $2 billion in loan relief from farm agency

The U.S.

US farmers receive more than $2 billion in loan relief from farm agency
Uncategorized

Iowa farmers want Trump, despite talk of trade wars

By James Oliphant, Leah Douglas and P.J.

Iowa farmers want Trump, despite talk of trade wars
Business|Economy|Environment|US

US airlines back ethanol industry position on aviation fuel credit

Major U.S. airlines and aviation companies joined ethanol companies to send a letter to the Biden administration on Wednesday backing a

US airlines back ethanol industry position on aviation fuel credit
Health|News|US

Colorado reports human case of bird flu

Public health officials in Colorado on Wednesday announced an adult man had tested positive for avian flu after reporting mild symptoms, including conjunctivitis, or pink

Colorado reports human case of bird flu
Business

Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms

By Tom Polansek, P.J.

Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms
US

How US states are testing cattle and humans for bird flu

By Leah Douglas and P.J.

How US states are testing cattle and humans for bird flu
US

US to fund lower-emission fertilizer with eye to greener ethanol

The U.S.

US to fund lower-emission fertilizer with eye to greener ethanol
News|Science|US

Colorado workers with bird flu toiled in heat, without effective protective gear

Colorado workers who contracted bird flu were working during extreme heat and under large fans, factors that made wearing protective equipment

Colorado workers with bird flu toiled in heat, without effective protective gear
News|Science

Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads

The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the

Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads
Election|News|Political|US

US reactions to President Joe Biden's decision not to seek reelection

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday ended his reelection campaign.

US reactions to President Joe Biden's decision not to seek reelection
News|US

Colorado ramps up bird flu response, requires milk testing

Colorado began requiring dairies to test milk supplies for bird flu every week, the state's veterinarian told Reuters on Tuesday, as a federal team

Colorado ramps up bird flu response, requires milk testing
Health|News|US

Bird flu infects three more Colorado poultry farm workers

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday announced three additional human cases of bird flu among poultry farm workers, bringing the total number

Bird flu infects three more Colorado poultry farm workers
US

US to spend $10 million to curb bird flu in farm workers, including vaccine push

The U.S.

US to spend $10 million to curb bird flu in farm workers, including vaccine push
US

US farm agency to provide discrimination payments to 43,000 farmers

The U.S.

US farm agency to provide discrimination payments to 43,000 farmers
News|Uncategorized|US|World

US EPA says it is auditing biofuel producers' used cooking oil supply

The U.S.

US EPA says it is auditing biofuel producers' used cooking oil supply
News|US

US to expand bird-flu testing of beef in slaughterhouses

The U.S.

Business|Economy|Health|News|US

US undercounts bird flu in cattle as farmers shun testing

The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers' reluctance to test their animals

US undercounts bird flu in cattle as farmers shun testing
Food|Health|News|US

Hunger in US continued multi-year rise in 2023, government report says

Hunger reached its highest point in the United States in nearly a decade last year, with 18 million households, or 13.5%, struggling at some point to secure enough food, a

Hunger in US continued multi-year rise in 2023, government report says
Business|Economy|Environment|News|US

US to spend $7.3 billion on rural clean energy projects

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022's Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy projects helmed by rural

US to spend $7.3 billion on rural clean energy projects

Follow