Jake Vlaminck's family operates Fahlun Farms, which was hit hard by the flu in 2023. That's when he decided to buy a laser to ...

Mass culling is expensive, but alternatives, like vaccinating chickens or luring wild birds away from domestic flocks, would ...

In Minnesota, Peterson says a number of other programs you may not think of — like a program that hires wolf trappers, or ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the ...

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency as multiple strains of bird flu have ravaged farms. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) stated in a press release that the Minnesota ...

"Every farm in the state will be tested once a month," said Dan Glessing, who owns Glessing Family Farm near Waverly. It's a ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture launched a new pilot program to test unpasteurized milk for highly pathogenic avian ...

MDA says they will begin sampling routinely collected raw cow's milk from the state's approximately 1,600 dairy farms to test ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is going to start testing raw cow milk Monday for avian influenza.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Starting next week, the state of Minnesota will begin testing raw cow milk for highly pathogenic avian ...

The firings of thousands of USDA employees included some who the department acknowledged were essential to bird flu effort ...

Minnesota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas. Pharmaceutical company Moderna is also developing a bird flu vaccine for humans and has received about $766 million from the U ...