
Minnesota sees early surge in HPAI cases
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • 12 PM
Minnesota is seeing an early onset of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases heading into the heart of fall migration.
Minnesota Turkey Growers Association executive director Ashley Kohls says a resurgence of the disease is not surprising.
“But what is happening that’s unexpected is how early it surfaced this fall. We saw our first case of the fall in mid August, and have kind of seen a little bit of a blip again now here in the last week.”

