This is Iowa’s third commercial poultry flock to be struck by HPAI in 2025, with the other two flocks located in O’Brien and Buena Vista counties. More detections in Indiana.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says he's encouraged by the announcement of a plan by the U-S Ag Secretary to address Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Naig says it is a five-pronged plan. He says the plan has some new things and some that have been already in use.

The highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, according to a Wednesday press release from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

As highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) captured the headlines in the last year, another disease is thought to have caused twice as many losses to Iowa turkey farms in 2024 than bird flu.

Bird flu has been found in a turkey flock in another county in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the U.S. Department of Agriculture say bird flu or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County,

The avian influenza virus has been found in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa. The Iowa Department of the Agriculture and Land Stewardship reports approximately 29,665 turkeys will be depopulated.

U.S. SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY OF IOWA HAS JOINED FELLOW AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS JONI ERNST AND JOHN FETTERMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA IN A LETTER URGING NEW DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THE ONGOING SPREAD OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA,

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS),

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and logistically difficult.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig made a stop in Onawa on Friday afternoon for a roundtable discussion about rural concerns, and recent agriculture changes on the federal level.

In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus was transmitted a month or two beforehand from birds to dairy cows in the Texas panhandle,

The incidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa, has been confirmed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that the case was confirmed on February 20, and that 29,700 turkeys were involved.