EditorialThe United States produces 10 billion animals for food every year, including more pigs and poultry, which can harbor and transmit influenza, than nearly any other country. (Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialFoster Farms, a poultry company that housed chickens, flooded by Tulare Lake in Corcoran, Calif., on June 15, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)