Poultry Plan Demands Biosecurity Before Bird Flu Payouts
Published Date: 9/30/2025
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Summary
The National Poultry Improvement Plan is updating its rules to keep birds safe from bird flu by requiring farms to follow biosecurity plans to get compensation. They’re also fixing some wording and making the rules match how poultry producers actually work today. These changes were approved in 2022 and will help protect both birds and farmers without extra costs.
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Indemnity Tied to Biosecurity Plans
If you run a poultry farm, government indemnity (compensation) for losses from low pathogenicity avian influenza is now conditioned on following an approved biosecurity plan. The amendments were approved at the NPIP National Plan Conference in 2022 and are described as helping protect birds and farmers without extra costs.
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