Hormel Foods is selling its whole-bird turkey business to another Minnesota company as the turkey industry faces waning ...

Life-Science Innovations will purchase certain assets, while the Jennie-O name and broader array of products will remain with ...

ST. PAUL — Erica Sawatzke, a sixth-generation turkey grower with Oakdale Farms in Douglas County, said her family used to travel the state to “show” turkeys in the ’30s when the business first came to ...

The buyer, Minnesota-based LSI, will assume supply contracts with third-party growers tied to Hormel’s whole-bird turkey ...

A near record group of Minnesota classrooms took a virtual tour of Kvistad Turkey Farms to learn more about the life of a turkey farmer. A 4-day-old turkey poult is held to show off the feathers ...

Thanksgiving is a big day for the farmers who raise the centerpiece of Americans' dinner tables on the last Thursday of November. But in Minnesota, the nation's top turkey producer, the work doesn't ...

Ducks and geese have started flying south for the winter. It makes for a pretty sight. But some are carrying sickness with them. The migration has caused an uptick in cases of bird flu in commercial ...

U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith hosted a roundtable with turkey industry representatives south of Willmar and heard a wide range of concerns from growers and processors. U.S. Sens. Tina Smith ...

With infected migratory birds soon to threaten springtime havoc for poultry producers, Minnesota Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar on Tuesday called on federal bird flu strategy to include the turkey ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s a new virus wiping out Minnesota turkey flocks, and unlike with bird flu the federal government doesn’t cover producers for losses. Last year, Minnesota growers lost an estimated ...

Minnesota celebrated its role as one of the nation’s top turkey producers on Tuesday as Governor Tim Walz welcomed the official Thanksgiving turkey to the Capitol. The annual tradition honors ...