Environmental advocates have raised concerns about the dairy operations' proximity to waterfowl, wildlife, and watersheds.

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota will begin testing raw milk from dairy cows to see if they have H5N1 bird flu starting Monday. "Every farm in the state will be tested once a month," said Dan Glessing, who owns Glessing ...

Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk prices ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. WASHINGTON — Hundreds of the nation’s farmers, many from Minnesota, have descended on Capitol Hill in the last two weeks ...

The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after samples collected as part of the state’s milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, a strain of highly ...

While the government scales back on the number of ICE agents in Minnesota, labor uncertainty lingers over farmers heading into the spring.

A dairy farmer is accused of underpaying employees, then threatening them when they complained, Minnesota police said. Photo by Leon Ephriam via Unsplash Employees who labored long hours on a dairy ...