Even five years after the pandemic revealed major supply chain issues, demand for meat processing, including labor, infrastructure and training, remains in rural America.
Emphasis on biosecurity, rapid response and vaccine research are areas continuing to receive government funding and focus in an attempt to better control avian influenza in 2025.
The honey and beekeeping industry has estimated nearly 1.6 million of the U.S.'s 3 million honeybee colonies were lost over the winter. Research is ongoing about what has caused the die-offs.
Bagley Public Library, in partnership with the Clearwater County Extension, will host a program on goats at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, at the Clearwater County Courthouse, 213 Main Ave. N.
Minnesota鈥檚 State Veterinarian Brian Hoefs said that declaring the state鈥檚 poultry free of avian influenza to this point is a 鈥渟mall victory鈥� and to expect more cases to come this spring.
The Board of Animal Health says there is no concern for the safety of the public milk supply, as pasteurization has been shown to effectively eliminate active H5N1 virus present in milk.
Gray wolves, listed as threatened in Minnesota, have spent time on and off the Endangered Species Act. Now, legislation could permanently remove these protections and require a hunting season.
