Greek feta is getting more expensive because sheep and goats are dying by the hundreds of thousands

Greece has culled 488,000 animals to fight sheep pox, squeezing milk supplies, raising prices, and threatening its $1 billion feta industry.
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Global feta cheese supply threatened as virus kills almost 500,000 goats and sheep in Greece

Our Greek salads may look a bit different next year as Greece faces a potential feta cheese shortage. The shortage is due to an ongoing outbreak of goat and sheep pox that started in August of 2024.
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Pox Outbreak Threatens Greek Feta

A sweeping outbreak of sheep and goat pox is threatening Greece's production of its iconic feta cheese, forcing the nationwide culling of hundreds of thousands animals and raising worries about ...
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Greek sheep and goat cull raises fears of feta cheese shortage

ATHENS — Hundreds of thousands of sheep and goats are being culled in Greece, due to the outbreak of an infectious disease. It may affect production and exports of the country's famous feta cheese.