Pesticides in the Air and H5N1 Dairy Resilience
**California state regulators report they have found detectable levels of pesticides floating in the air in multiple, large farming regions.
Environmentalists and anti-pesticide activists say the compounds pose a far greater risk than the state is willing to acknowledge.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation reports all detected pesticides were found below state-established health limits, meaning they are “unlikely to be harmful to human health.”
**U.S. dairy farmers are staying resilient in the face of H5N1 influenza outbreaks while advancing in policy areas like nutrition and milk pricing.
Those remarks came from National Milk Producers Federation Chairman Randy Mooney at its annual meeting in Phoenix.
In the past year, dairy producers have grappled with bird flu and delays in a farm bill that expired in September even as milk prices rose and consumer demand stayed strong.
**U.S. egg production totaled 8.92 billion in September, down 2% from the same time last year.
Production included 7.65 billion table eggs and 1.27 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.18 billion were broiler-type and 91.3 million were egg-type.
The average number of layers during September totaled 375 million, down 3% from last year.
September egg production per 100 layers was 2,381 eggs, up 1%.