State and federal officials have confirmed bird flu has hit a third commercial turkey operation in northwest Iowa. The facility is in Buena Vista County and had about 30,000 turkeys on site. Another turkey production facility in Buena Vista County was hit by bird flu...
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and the U.S.D.A. have confirmed a positive case of Avian Influenza in a Buena Vista County commercial turkey flock. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig said last week the potential was there after states to our north had confirmed cases....
Federal officials say nearly 3000 workers hired to euthanize chickens and turkeys struck by bird flu in 2015 are eligible for back pay. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the workers were underpaid and they are owed, as a group, $1.7 million in wage. The USDA...
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first case of avian influenza in the state in more than one month. The case is reported at a commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista County with some 28,000 birds. The last case of bird flu was reported in an Ida...
Iowa Turkey Federation executive director, Gretta Irwin, says the industry isn’t sure why there’s been a cluster of bird flu cases recently confirmed in several northwest Iowa turkey flocks. Iowa’s turkey farmers really work diligently to protect their...
