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The impact of three animal disesases in Minnesota is being felt and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Rural Finance Authority Board is responding with interest-free loans.
The RFA has declared an emergency for avian Metapneumovirus, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and the H5N1 flu virus. This makes zero-interest Disaster Recovery Loans available for Minnesota farmers whose operations have sustained livestock losses due to the diseases from Feb. 12, 2025, to Feb. 12, 2026, according to a Minnesota Department of Agriculture news release on Friday, Feb. 14…