While estimates for the complete project are as high as $135 billion, the IG noted in an October report that the Merced-Bakersfield segment will likely cost between $32 billion and $35 billion.
U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that the almost 119,000 birds on the farm ...