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HPAI cases in Wisconsin commercial poultry increasing 

A northwest Wisconsin commercial turkey flock has been confirmed with highly pathogenic avian influenza near the Minnesota border. More than 18,500 birds at a Burnett County farm have been affected and a ten-kilometer control area quarantine is now in effect to prevent disease spread....

Four new HPAI cases in Iowa

Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says four new cases of the disease have been confirmed since the weekend. The impacted sites include a commercial layer flock in O’Brien County, a commercial layer...

Rep. Hinson concerned with rising HPAI cases in Iowa

Another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the disease was found in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County. It’s the state’s seventh detection of HPAI within poultry in 2024,...

HPAI cases picking up steam in Iowa

Iowa’s ag secretary says his agency is closely monitoring some recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry flocks. Mike Naig says there have been three cases in the state since last Thursday, with the most recent detection on Monday. “We got two...

District Courts side with cases against DOL’s farmworker rule

Three U.S. District Courts have now ruled in favor of farm groups who argue a Department of Labor farmworker rule illegally provides collective bargaining rights to H-2A guest workers This week the U.S. District Court of Mississippi issued a nationwide stay of labor enforcement...

California investigating possible H5N1 cases

California officials are testing dairy cows from three farms for possible avian influenza infections. The state’s Department of Food and Agriculture says samples from the three sites have been submitted to the state’s animal health and food safety lab for verification of the H5N1...

HPAI cases increase in people, dairy cattle

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting the first cases highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry workers since 2022. Officials say at least five people in Colorado have tested positive for the virus after depopulating birds at a poultry facility experiencing an...

Two Area Cases Before Kansas Supreme Court Wednesday

By Lucky Kidd RENO/MCPHERSON COUNTY, Kan. — The appeal of a Hutchinson man convicted of shooting to death Jose Morales in August 2015 during what was reported to be a drug deal gone bad will be heard by the...