The owner of Long Island’s last remaining duck farm, forced to cull its entire flock of nearly 100,000 Pekin ducks last month in response to an outbreak of avian flu, says he is “truly scared” ...

Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farms in Aquebogue, wrote to newly named EPA administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday.

The outbreak is a significant blow to the region's duck farming ... to rising egg prices and prompting increased surveillance and testing measures. A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once ...

Following the outbreak, the farm was allowed to hold on to several thousand duck eggs, which he hopes will help rebuild its flock and preserve the distinctive genetics honed over generations.

NEW YORK — (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the ...

FILE – Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on his property, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...