USDA Updates Poultry Plan: Keeping Chickens and Turkeys Healthy Nationwide
Published Date: 1/20/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA wants to update and keep collecting info for the National Poultry Improvement Plan, which helps keep chickens and turkeys healthy. This affects poultry farmers and businesses who share data about their flocks. They’re asking for public feedback by March 23, 2026, and the changes won’t cost anyone extra but will help improve bird health tracking.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
NPIP Information Collection Extended
USDA/APHIS is asking OMB to approve a revision and a 3-year extension of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) information collection (OMB Control Number 0579-0007). The notice estimates 4,555 respondents, 234,529 annual responses, an average burden of 0.472 hours per response, and 110,738 total annual burden hours, and says the changes will not cost anyone extra but will help improve tracking of bird health.
Qualification Requirement to Join NPIP
To participate in NPIP programs, flocks, hatcheries, and dealers of breeding poultry must first qualify as 'U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean.' This qualification is a stated condition for participation in NPIP activities.
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