Minnesota turkey farmers could take devastating financial hit because of bird flu

Like hundreds of Minnesota turkey growers, Kim Halvorson has watched helplessly as a lethal flu has struck 14 farms and wiped out more than 900,000 birds.

A month into the outbreak, she worries about it in her sleep.

“I had a nightmare where I walked into the barn and every bird was gone,” said Halvorson, who with her husband, Dennis, has raised turkeys for 27 years west of Faribault. “It’s kind of similar to knowing that there is a burglar in the neighborhood, but you don’t know where he’s going to hit.”

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