Advocates seeking to protect meatpacking workers are sounding the alarm on the bird flu before it's out of control. According ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard ...

Poultry diseases are running rampant across several Midwest states. Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen says producers in his state are dealing with highly pathogenic avian ...

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

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks—natural carriers of avian influenza—stop and rest as they migrate can help ...

Two lottery​ players won big in Minnesota this weekend, and both lucky tickets were purchased in southern Minnesota cities along the Mississippi River.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority (RFA) Board has declared an emergency for three animal diseases: avian Metapneumovirus (aMPV), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...

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

On her picturesque farm near Wheaton, Kimberly Henny is used to having visitors drop by to snap up fresh eggs, honey and ...

Egg lovers are getting creative. A private company — RentTheChicken.com — offers to connect consumers across the country to ...

Twenty cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or H5N1, also known colloquially as bird flu) have been confirmed in South Dakota since November. Most of the infected ...

This week, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture said it plans to start testing raw cow’s milk for the H5N1 influenza virus. While southwest Minnesota farmers said the testing won’t really mean ...