Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on ...

A New York region once synonymous in the culinary world for duck may lose its last commercial farm NEW YORK -- New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world.

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said. By Liam Stack ...

At the Government Duck Hatchery at Niranom, a vital hub for duck farming in upper Kuttanad, hatching operations have remained suspended. “We are maintaining the parent stock, but hatching can ...

The outbreak is a significant blow to the region's duck farming industry, as Crescent Duck Farm is one of the last remaining commercial duck farms in Long Island. The farm's president, Doug Corwin ...

It’s a fowl day on the East End. An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has struck Long Island’s last remaining duck farm and forced the operators to put down 99,000 birds, according to reports.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the slaughter ...

including many who had worked there for decades as the farm’s revenue cratered. “If duck farming isn’t an option, I’m not sure what we’d do,” he said. “We’re not really set up for ...