This is Iowa’s third commercial poultry flock to be struck by HPAI in 2025, with the other two flocks located in O’Brien and Buena Vista counties. More detections in Indiana.

The highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, according to a Wednesday press release from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

As highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) captured the headlines in the last year, another disease is thought to have caused twice as many losses to Iowa turkey farms in 2024 than bird flu.

U.S. SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY OF IOWA HAS JOINED FELLOW AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS JONI ERNST AND JOHN FETTERMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA IN A LETTER URGING NEW DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THE ONGOING SPREAD OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA,

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Thursday it had detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista County. Gov. Kim Reynolds

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS),

The avian influenza virus has been found in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County, Iowa. The Iowa Department of the Agriculture and Land Stewardship reports approximately 29,665 turkeys will be depopulated.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista county. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land […]

Bird flu persists in Iowa in 2025, with a northwest Iowa turkey flock where an infection was detected destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley tells Brownfield he’d like vaccinations to be part of USDA’s plan to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza. “It would be nice if we could vaccinate for it so you don’t have to worry about it in the future.

Americans across the nation are feeling a strain on their wallets due to avian influenza, commonly referred to as the bird flu, which has led to the largest increase in egg prices in 10 years. According to the U.