Minnesota’s lawmakers are hoping to get a handle on an avian — or bird — flu outbreak that is affecting poultry and egg production nationwide. Egg prices continue to rise due to the outbreak ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will share details on Wednesday about how the state is fighting the bird flu, which was recently detected in a Stearns County dairy herd. Walz is seeking $4 million from ...

Minnesota's local egg producers are facing pressure from the rising egg prices nationwide and continued threat of bird flu. Many of the area's egg producers and poultry farmers have raised prices ...

Yellow Rail were surveyed on 20 survey routes in 10 Minnesota Important Bird Areas (IBAs). We counted 78 birds during the species-specific surveys including at least 17 individuals at Big Bog IBA and ...

Minnesota has reported its first bird flu case in a dairy herd since last summer via a new milk testing program. (Rich Pedroncelli/The Associated Press) ...

H5N1, also known as bird flu, has been found in a Stearns County dairy herd, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). Authorities say the virus was detected in samples collected ...

A Stearns County dairy farm is under quarantine for bird flu after milk testing found H5N1 last week, state officials announced. It’s the first reported dairy cow infection in Minnesota since ...

State of the Birds Report highlights the urgent need for conservation as North American bird populations continue to fall.

Hundreds of samples of raw milk in Minnesota have been tested for bird flu as the state ramps up its effort to slow the spread of the virus. The national effort started in January; Minnesota’s ...

Minnesota officials have quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after milk samples tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the results March ...