Gov. Tim Walz and state leaders on Wednesday urged new strategies to protect Minnesotans and agricultural producers from H5N1, an influenza strain that has spread rapidly in the U.S. among wild and ...
A: You certainly could have; our state bird spends its winter along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico, then returns to the state in April, as ice is leaving ...
ST. PAUL — Shortly after the Minnesota Board of Animal Health quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after samples collected as part of the state’s milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, a ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says there is a "unified front" in the state's fight against bird flu, which was recently detected in a Stearns County dairy herd. Walz is seeking $4 million from the state ...
ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota was on track to declare itself free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known as H5N1) on Friday, but state officials cautioned on Wednesday that is not likely ...
Ducks and geese have started flying south for the winter. It makes for a pretty sight. But some are carrying sickness with them. The migration has caused an uptick in cases of bird flu in commercial ...
Avian flu flared up in Minnesota poultry operations last month after a nearly eight-month reprieve, forcing farmers to depopulate eight turkey barns. A vaccine exists for this highly pathogenic avian ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Wisconsin has identified its first human case of the bird flu. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Wednesday that it had detected a presumptive positive human case of ...
Peach and Blossom, last year's presidentially pardoned turkeys, now enjoy life educating the public as "turkey ambassadors" ...
If bird flu is lurking undetected on Minnesota’s dairy farms, the state is determined to find it. Starting in February, milk from each of Minnesota’s 1,625 permitted cow farms will test once a month ...
Insiders credit feed access, entrepreneurs and organizations like the University of Minnesota with the industry’s growth.