By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Avian flu has infected two more Iowa farms and forced the killing of 5.3 million chickens and 88,000 turkeys, officials said Friday. The new cases mean farmers across the country have had to kill about 22 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens, but also 1.8 million broilers, 1.9 million pullets and … Read more

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials announced Monday they have identified bird flu in a commercial flock of 50,000 turkeys in northwestern Iowa, the state’s second case of a virus identified in multiple U.S. states. Iowa agriculture officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the case in Buena Vista County, about 100 miles (160 … Read more