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Idaho is American ag's bird flu hotspot
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (453+ words) Published 7: 00 am Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Idaho has been American agriculture's hotspot for highly pathogenic avian influenza since mid-June. During the week of June 22-28, Idaho had eight new cases in dairy herds as well as a poultry farm in Canyon County with…...
Idaho dairies get more bird flu cases
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (412+ words) Published 4: 30 pm Monday, June 15, 2026 Idaho had 32 new confirmed cases of bird flu in livestock herds in the most recent 30 days as of June 10, all on dairies, according to USDA. The state has had 162 cases, all but one on dairies, since…...
More bird flu cases found in Idaho dairy cattle
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (340+ words) Published 4: 43 pm Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Idaho reported 13 new cases of avian influenza in dairy cattle May 11-12, according to USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. "We've been accumulating more positive dairies over the past month," said state veterinarian Scott Leibsle of…...
Nearly 2. 1 million U. S. turkeys have been killed due to bird flu since late August
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (384+ words) Published 10: 24 am Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Bird flu is the main factor for a decline in turkey meat supply this November and a reason why cooking Thanksgiving dinner could be more expensive. Roughly 2. 1 million turkeys have been killed in the U. S. due to…...
Bird flu continues to spread, hits Idaho farm with 11, 600 birds
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (263+ words) Published 10: 55 am Tuesday, October 28, 2025 By Capital Press staff Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread through commercial and backyard flocks of birds, with Idaho, Oregon and California seeing new cases since mid-October." In Sonoma County, California, bird flu was confirmed…...
Bird flu hits Washington egg layer facility with 2 million birds
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (612+ words) Published 4: 06 pm Friday, October 10, 2025 Highly pathogenic avian influenza has returned to the Pacific Northwest with migrating birds and Washington, Oregon and Idaho had cases confirmed by the USDA in early October. The virus was detected Oct. 7 in a commercial egg…...
ISDA animal health lab joins national diagnostic network
11+ mon, 12+ hour ago (273+ words) Published 12: 30 pm Wednesday, July 30, 2025 The Idaho State Department of Agriculture Animal Health Laboratory has been accepted as a member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, a designation that state officials expect will benefit the state's dairy and cattle industries....
9th Circuit: Lawsuit would make agricultural runoff exemption "dead letter
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (591+ words) Published 4: 37 pm Monday, September 8, 2025 A federal appeals court has rejected a legal argument that it has determined would render an agricultural exemption to the Clean Water Act a "dead letter." The 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of…...