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 ...

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 Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded Workforce Development in Rochester $500,000 to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Stearns County dairy farm is under quarantine for bird flu after milk testing found H5N1 last week, state officials announced. It’s the first reported dairy cow infection in Minnesota since last ...

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 ...