A Georgia chicken producer is working to stop the spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as bird flu, after becoming the third commercial operation in the state to ...

LISTEN: Citing a lawsuit, a judge in South Georgia's Coffee County has issued a stop-work order on what some residents say could become the largest chicken farm east of the Mississippi River. GPB's ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture reported on Wednesday the state’s first positive bird flu case for 2026. Officials said bird flu was found in a commercial flock in Walker County. [DOWNLOAD: Free ...

Agriculture is Georgia’s top industry, and broilers are the state’s top farm product. But the mess that large-scale poultry farming causes can create tensions between residents and corporate owners.

In late April, a rumor started making its way through Coffee County, Georgia: someone was planning to build a new poultry operation near the Satilla River in the city of Douglas. The rumor was vague ...

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Agriculture reported on Wednesday the state’s first positive bird flu case for 2026. Officials said bird flu was found in a commercial flock in Walker ...