As the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads through dairy cattle, the US Food and Drug Administration is asking states to take more steps to protect the public from the risks of raw milk. In an open letter ...

Officials in two of the three states probing their first cases of bird flu in dairy cattle this month said their hands are tied after the Food and Drug Administration pleaded with states to ramp up ...

Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Since March 25, when ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Summer is 4-H and livestock show season in Colorado, bringing the heightened risk of spreading bird flu. County fairs draw hundreds to showcase their projects before regional crowds.

Agriculture officials next month will begin mandatory testing of milk from Minnesota’s dairy farms for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered national testing of ...

Sean Ellis/Capital Press Cows feed at a dairy near Kuna, Idaho, earlier this year. The new margin insurance program in the 2014 Farm Bill will require dairy operators to study the details before ...