PINE ISLAND — A farm-raised elk from a herd in Olmsted County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, according to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. The brain stem and lymph nodes from a ...

Federal sharpshooters have begun destroying a herd of about 700 elk on a farm in southeastern Minnesota where chronic wasting disease (CWD) was discovered this year. Sharpshooters with the U.S.

BUHL • Tuesday is the first to saunter over, sniffing the air with her wet, black nose. She knows it’s feeding time without seeing a strand of hay. Perhaps she was attracted by the familiar smell of ...

HOUSTON, Minn. — Patty and Larry VanGundy never gave much thought to raising elk on their sprawling farm three miles north of town. They were crop farmers — corn and soybeans, specifically — and the ...

PINE ISLAND — Right now it’s just a wide-open pasture populated by a herd of grazing elk. But a California development company envisions a 1.7-million-square-foot bioscience research park there, along ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Elk farms corral, fence in and domesticate wild elk for the hideous cutting of mature bull elk ...

HELENA -- Owners of a Bitterroot Valley game farm broke the law when they shipped some of their elk to the Crow Tribe last year and a court order prohibiting any more shipments should remain in place, ...

Kaleczyc argued that the Wallaces have abided by all legal requirements in their game farm operation and no law prevents the transfer of their animals to someone not licensed by the state. The Crow ...

“Farming is a tough business, and you’re always at the mercy of the weather.” That was true the morning of June 28 when rushing waters from the Otsquago Creek that usually ripples calmly through the ...

Elk Ravine Farm in Amenia is a family-owned farm that invites you to book a tour and learn how the animals are doing wonders to the land. The farm sits on more than 90 acres in Dutchess County, and it ...