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 state appeals court has ruled a Winona County board did not act unreasonably when denying an application from a longtime farm family seeking to exceed a county limit on the number of dairy cows ...

Thom Petersen said the federal relief will hit much of Minnesota's ag industry, as farmer lender mediation notices are up, ...

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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 ...

WADENA, Minn. — The Wadena County Fair kicked off on Wednesday, June 19, and Kami Hoemberg was as busy as ever trying to get her show animals checked in and ready for a few days of work and play.

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after samples collected as part of the state’s milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, a strain of highly ...

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 last ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture on Sept. 10 announced Minnesota's avian influenza A virus, or H5N1, status is now considered unaffected for dairy herds by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.