# USDA takes new steps in efforts to control CWD, bird flu and other animal diseases | Wyoming Public Media

> USDA is making about $12 million available to states, tribes and localities to control chronic wasting disease in deer and elk. It is also allocating $16 million in Farm Bill funds to protect livestock health against avian flu, ASF and foot-and-mouth disease.

- Date: 2023-04-22 · published 2023-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/16193-usda-takes-new-steps-in-efforts-to-control-cwd-bird-flu-and-other-animal
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

The spending is aimed at disease containment and does not materially change livestock supply or feed demand. Any price effect would only follow a future outbreak.

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## Sources

- wyomingpublicmedia.org: https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-government/2023-04-22/usda-takes-new-steps-in-efforts-to-control-cwd-bird-flu-and-other-animal-diseases

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