Jan 23, 2025 · The farm, which is the last commercial duck farm on Long Island, was forced to cease operations and begin the process of euthanizing its entire flock of more than 100,000 …

5 days ago · Long Island's last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flock. Doug Corwin, whose family has owned the roughly 140-acre farm since the 1640s, said …

Jan 23, 2025 · Duck farming was once a pillar of the economy on Long Island, especially in the more rural eastern stretches of Suffolk. In 1940, there were 90 duck farms in the towns of …

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 …

Jan 22, 2025 · Future of Long Island’s last duck farm is uncertain Doug Corwin surrounded by 4-day-old ducklings on his family’s Aquebogue duck farm, Long Island’s last. RiverheadLOCAL/ …

Jan 22, 2025 · It’s a fowl day on the East End. An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has struck Long Island’s last remaining duck farm and forced the operators to put down 99,000 birds, according …

Jan 18, 2021 · The last Long Island Duck farm is not resting on it’s laurels, still looking to the future! They are in the midst of an ambitious five-year, $3 million plan to build a new, modern …

6 days ago · FILE - Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

The duck meat business migrated to giant farms in the Midwest, where real estate was cheaper and ducks could be raised indoors year-round. Doug Corwin remembers the tumultuous …

3 days ago · Long Island was once a center of duck production in the U.S., thanks to its abundance of freshwater streams, friendly climate and proximity to major East Coast cities. …