Officials pledge reimbursements for dairy farms impacted by avian flu

Federal officials on Friday pledged to reimburse farmers for some of the costs associated with keeping their herds protected from an outbreak of the avian flu virus that’s rapidly spreading among dairy cows. 

The funding includes up to $28,000 over the next 120 days to help individual farms test cattle and bolster biosecurity efforts to further limit the spread of the H5N1 virus between herds. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture allotted $98 million in existing funds to support...