{"id":29554,"date":"2026-02-28T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/second-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-caroline-county-poultry-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:47:41","slug":"second-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-caroline-county-poultry-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/second-bird-flu-outbreak-hits-caroline-county-poultry-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Caroline County Poultry Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/radio-ai.tvdelmarva.com\/api\/episodes\/49\/audio\"><\/audio><figcaption>Listen to the Evening Delmarva Farm Report Update \u2014 February 28, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>DELMARVA \u2014 Caroline County&#8217;s poultry industry took another hit this week as Maryland agriculture officials confirmed a second bird flu outbreak at a commercial operation. The highly pathogenic avian influenza detection marks the 3rd case across the state this month, with Wicomico County also reporting an earlier incident.<\/p>\n\n<p>Officials have quarantined all impacted facilities with depopulation either completed or underway. This represents a challenging week for Delmarva&#8217;s poultry sector as producers remain on high alert for additional cases.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Markets<\/h2>\n\n<p>Grain futures closed the week with solid gains. March corn settled Friday at $4.38\u00be per bushel, up 5\u00bd cents. March soybeans advanced 9\u00bd cents to $11.57\u00bc. Wheat showed the strongest performance as a weakening dollar and global weather concerns pushed prices higher.<\/p>\n\n<p>Livestock markets moved the opposite direction with live cattle dropping sharply. April contracts fell $4.67 to $232.22 per hundredweight. Kansas reported cash cattle trading at $244, down $5 from last week.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Forecast<\/h2>\n\n<p>Mild conditions continue this evening with temperatures around 51\u00b0 under mostly sunny skies. Tonight brings patchy fog with lows dropping to 32\u00b0. Sunday looks wet with rain showers likely and highs only reaching 43\u00b0. Fields will stay too wet for any work through the weekend.<\/p>\n\n<p>By Monday the region will dry out with sunshine returning and highs climbing back to 36\u00b0, but a slight chance of light snow returns Monday night into Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.9em;color:#666;margin-top:2em;border-top:1px solid #ddd;padding-top:1em;\">This article is based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?page=farm-report\">Delmarva Farm Report Update<\/a> Evening Edition, February 28, 2026. Hosted by Tom Bradley.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DELMARVA \u2014 Caroline County&#8217;s poultry industry took another hit this week as Maryland agriculture officials confirmed a second bird flu outbreak at a commercial operation. The highly pathogenic avian influenza detection marks the 3rd case across the state this month, with Wicomico County also reporting an earlier incident. Officials have quarantined all impacted facilities with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":29553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/farm-report-social-2026-02-28-pm.png?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-7GG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27719,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/second-bird-flu-outbreak-confirmed-at-caroline-county-poultry-farm\/","url_meta":{"origin":29554,"position":0},"title":"Second Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed at Caroline County Poultry Farm","author":"","date":"February 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Listen to the Morning Delmarva Farm Report Update \u2014 February 26, 2026 DELMARVA \u2014 Maryland agriculture officials have confirmed a second H5 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial broiler operation in Caroline County. 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