Europe

New bird flu outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported throughout Europe. Two new outbreaks of the virus were discovered on Polish farms and household farms located in different regions, killing about 4,000 birds. The disease also affected 10 thousand birds on a Ukrainian farm in the Odessa region.

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Wheat rust is a very fast spread in Europe, Africa and Asia, a fungal disease that can cause a 100% loss of harvest in vulnerable wheat species. Such predictions were made on the basis of two recent studies done by scientists in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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