Spotted Lantern Fly in Georgia and CDC Testing More for H5N1
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The Georgia Department of Agriculture has received confirmation from the USDA that the first detection of Spotted Lanternfly, that poses a serious risk to the state’s agriculture, was made in Fulton County last month.
Ag Commissioner Tyler Harper urges anyone who sees the black, red and white Spotted Lanternfly to document it, report it, and kill it.
He says controlling the spread of the Spotted Lanternfly is our best strategy for safeguarding Georgia’s ag industry.
at https://www.gainvasives.org/slf/report/.
**A recent study shows some dairy workers had signs of H5N1 infection even when they didn’t report feeling sick.
As a result, the Centers for Disease Control called for more testing on farms affected by bird flu.
The study concluded farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment, even if they show no H5N1 symptoms.
Of the 115 farmworkers tested, eight had antibodies that indicated previous bird flu infection.
**Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is funding new projects in nearly every state to lower costs, expand access to clean energy and strengthen American farms and small businesses.
Vilsack says this new round invests more than $256 million in loans and grants that will support more than 1,100 clean energy projects in 40 states.
Most of the new projects are funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
