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In bird flu fight, Agriculture Department almost doubling the $1.1 billion already spent

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Since 2020 , the Department of Agriculture has paid $1.1 billion to hundreds of egg producers who had to cull their flocks to stop bird flu from spreading.

Now, the USDA says it will send $400 million more to farmers who need new chickens.

Wayne-Sanderson Farms supports a proposal to allow broiler eggs to be used in consumer products.

The Food and Drug Administration says it is still considering the proposal.

Southard Farms is a small independent farm in the northern Alabama city of Madison .

Last year , Southard had to cull his flock after chickens got hit with a bacterial infection, different than bird flu, called mycoplasma.

"We just hope that it doesn't affect us," Southard says.

"Small farmers like us, family farms, play a key role, because it takes away the big consolidation that's happened and spreads out the risk where you have more farms across the state or country and more farmers," Southard says. "So, if one gets hit, it's not as big of an effect on the whole supply chain.".

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