Agriculture officials next month will begin mandatory testing of milk from Minnesota’s dairy farms for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered national testing of ...

The USDA ordered nationwide testing after multiple states confirmed the virus was present in dairy cattle. Minnesota reported nine cases last year. A dairy cow on a southwest Minnesota farm. Minnesota ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has quarantined a Stearns County, Minnesota, dairy herd after samples collected as part of Minnesota's milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, ...

When the unexpected happens on a farm, clear agreements can make all the difference. That was the case for the Smith family of central. When their father, the longtime ...

Salfer has been involved on farm research projects studying robotic milking systems and automatic calf feeders. The focus of ...

A dairy farmer is accused of underpaying employees, then threatening them when they complained, Minnesota police said. Photo by Leon Ephriam via Unsplash Employees who labored long hours on a dairy ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Malorie Thorson (Thor-son), a 20-year-old college student from Waverly, representing Wright County, was crowned the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way in ...

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 ...