You don’t need to be proficient with a mouth call to kill turkeys, but there are so many advantages to a mouth call." ...

Minnesota has declared a state of emergency due to a trifecta of bird flu strains. The state's Department of Agriculture ...

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 ...

However, these noble ambitions were shot in the back by Minnesota’s commercial turkey farms this week. A recent outbreak of the virus strain H2N5 — the avian flu — fatally killed 15,000 turkeys in a ...

Sometimes, an aggressive approach is more effective, and, in my estimation, a little more fun. Here are things to consider if ...

The most recent case was confirmed on Jan. 24, 2025, at a commercial turkey flock in Wadena County, Minnesota, where 300,000 turkeys were affected. Since it’s start, 183 sites have confirmed ...

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

The impact of three animal disesases in Minnesota is being felt and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Rural Finance Authority Board is responding with interest-free loans. The RFA has declared ...

"There is a strong connection across the northern border. Minnesota farmers use fertilizer produced in Canada, we send turkeys to Canada,” Professor Schipper said. And tariffs often go both ways.

In Minnesota, there have been 185 cases of HPAI confirmed since March 2022, affecting 9.1 million domestic birds, mostly turkeys. H5N1, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, causes the same ...