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How one family-run farm is struggling to stay afloat amid bird flu and USDA funding freeze

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NBC News’ Maggie Vespa visits the Kakadoodle farm outside of Chicago hit hard by the bird flu outbreak in recent months. There used to be 3,000 hens, now there are none. The owners say they lost at least $100,000 and now they’re losing even more money after the Trump administration froze USDA grants they were counting on.

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