by Dar Danielson | Dec 13, 2022 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has confirmed its third new case of avian influenza in northwest Iowa in the last two days. The latest case is in Ida County is in a commercial turkey flock with 90,000 birds, and comes after new cases were reported in commercial...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 6, 2022 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has received confirmation from the U.S.D.A. on two new cases of avian influenza in Cherokee and Sac County. Both are commercial turkey flocks, and the Iowa Ag Department spokesperson says the Sac County site has some 40,000 birds,...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 8, 2022 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has confirmed two more cases of avian influenza. The virus was found in a non-commercial backyard flock in Louisa County and a commercial layer flock in Wright County. An Ag Department spokesman says the Wright County flock includes...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 9, 2022 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the state is getting closer to the end of the bird flu outbreak. There are just a few commercial poultry sites left to release from quarantine and then they can bring in new birds. He says that’s not the only step in...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 6, 2022 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has lifted the restrictions on live bird exhibitions. The Ag Department canceled all live bird exhibitions at fairs and other gatherings of birds on March 23rd as the avian influenza outbreak picked up. The Department issued a notice...