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 ...

Cow cuddling isn’t new: It grew in popularity when people were seeking connection during the coronavirus pandemic. But it has ...

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 ...

A Minnesota dairy farm will pay employees $250,000 in back wages under a settlement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. On Thursday, Ellison’s office announced a settlement with Evergreen ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear a Lewiston dairy farm’s appeal regarding a Winona County decision to deny waiving the county’s cap for feedlots to accommodate the farm’s ...

At one farm, workers lived in a converted barn that was infested with cockroaches. The “kitchen sink” was a utility sink next to a water heater. Photos from civil complaint. Evergreen Acres Dairy will ...

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 ...