The impact of more than $220 million in federal cuts to the Minnesota Department of Health became clearer Tuesday, as the agency issued layoff notices to 170 workers and rescinded offers to another 20 ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement grant from the Department of Agriculture to work on collaborative projects a ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement grant from USDA to work on collaborative projects on avian influenza. The ...

Over 35 million birds, mostly egglayers, have been lost in the United States by highly pathogenic avian influenza since Jan.

STEARNS CTY., Minn. — Bird flu was detected in a Stearns County dairy herd. On Monday, March 24, 2025, H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed in samples collected as part of Minnesota’s milk surveillance ...

Governor Walz, alongside other state leaders, is scheduled to discuss the state's efforts in responding to avian flu in Minnesota.

Governor Tim Walz says the state of Minnesota should be free of avian flu within the next few days. A herd of dairy cows was ...

(KNSI) — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is asking the legislature for $4 million to help combat the potential spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza within the state’s livestock population. The ...

Walz added that Minnesota’s turkey and dairy farmers are continuing to struggle. The most recent proposed budget from Walz ...

As H5N1, a highly transmissable form of avian influenza, impacts poultry across the country, Minnesota is bracing for an uptick in local farms.

Tim Walz speaks at a press conference to highlight the state’s efforts combat avian influenza on Wednesday in the Governor's ...

Minnesota’s State Veterinarian Brian Hoefs said that declaring the state's poultry free of avian influenza to this point is a ...