Egg demand shifted, and 61,000 Minnesota chickens euthanized – StarTribune.com

Kerry Mergen, a contract egg farmer near Albany, Minn., got word on a Wednesday the chickens in his barn would be euthanized. A crew showed up the next morning and started gassing the birds with carbon dioxide. The sudden drop in demand for food at restaurants, school cafeterias and caterers>>>

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He’s an Ironman. His battle with COVID-19 virtually killed him – StarTribune.com

The COVID-19 mystery of Ben O’Donnell, a 30-something Ironman athlete, remains as confusing today as it did March 10– when Minnesotans learned the state’s first coronavirus case requiring extensive care was someone in his prime. State wellness investigators were perplexed, provided the infection’ background of hitting the sick and also>>>

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A Trump policy ‘explanation’ gotten rid of security for birds – StarTribune.com

A Trump policy ‘explanation’ gotten rid of security for birds – StarTribune.com WASHINGTON — As the state of Virginia prepared for a significant bridge and tunnel expansion in the tidewaters of the Chesapeake Bay in 2015, engineers comprehended that the nesting grounds of 25,000 gulls, black skimmers, royal terns and>>>

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