Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) commercial poultry cases are on the rise as wild birds fly south for the winter. So far, the numbers are not at the crisis levels seen at this time last year, ...

The nation’s turkey flock has shrunk to its smallest size in 40 years, raising wholesale prices before the holiday season ...

Here's one thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: more turkey. Enough turkey has been produced with the rebound from bird flu last year that exports have increased in 2023 and are projected to ...

WILLMAR — Two breeder turkey flocks in Kandiyohi County and a third in neighboring Renville County are among the latest to be infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as HPAI or ...

A Meeker County turkey operation had to cull its flock of nearly 129,000 birds after the highly pathogenic bird flu virus was confirmed on Tuesday, according to the state Board of Animal Health. On ...

ST. PAUL — A case of highly pathogenic avian flu in Minnesota was confirmed on Sept. 16 at a Redwood County commercial turkey farm. It's the first confirmed case since April in the state. The case was ...

An undated handout photo shows a Poultry Patrol, Inc., robot moving in a flock of turkeys in a barn on a farm in Minnesota. The robots are designed to stimulate bird movement in turkey barns and alert ...

With Thanksgiving less than three weeks away, national headlines have warned consumers that turkeys will cost more this year and may be harder to come by. The higher prices and smaller birds are ...

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. MINNEAPOLIS — Downtown ...