The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is opening its Dairy Assistance, Investment, and Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program to provide financial assistance to eligible Minnesota dairy producers enrolle ...

Minnesota farmers are raising concerns about the economic fallout from increased ICE operations in their communities.

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 ...

Minnesota will begin testing raw milk from dairy cows to see if they have H5N1 bird flu starting Monday. "Every farm in the state will be tested once a month," said Dan Glessing, who owns Glessing ...

Cow cuddling, ice cream churning and farm tours are among the tactics dairy farmers are employing to compensate for low milk ...

Welcome to “the last bite,” an end-of-week food and ag roundup from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Reach out to business reporter Brooks Johnson at [email protected] to share your news and ...

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 ...

Riverview Farms agreed to an $11 million settlement in Arizona to restore groundwater access after wells ran dry, as the ...

Recent surveys from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School for Workers, cited in 2025 and early 2026 reports, estimate ...