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Another northwest Iowa turkey flock has bird flu – Iowa Capital Dispatch
A business flock of about 90,000 turkeys in Ida County is the seventh to be contaminated by extremely pathogenic avian influenza this month in northwest Iowa, in keeping with the Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
The state’s detection price of the virus at business amenities has dramatically elevated in December, with six of these seven confirmations previously week. These virus confirmations led to the culling of about 385,000 turkeys.
Whole flocks are destroyed to stop the unfold of the virus from facility to facility.
The principally seemingly supply of transmission has been wild, migrating birds, which may be contaminated and asymptomatic. The virus is commonly lethal for home birds. It poses a low well being danger to people.
There have now been a complete of 30 identified contaminated business and yard flocks in Iowa this yr, with a complete of almost 16 million birds. That’s by far the most important chook dying toll of any state this yr, regardless that different states have had a a lot increased variety of affected flocks. That’s as a result of a number of of the Iowa flocks had been huge teams of egg-laying chickens — two of which had no less than 5 million birds apiece.
In Minnesota, there have been no less than 109 contaminated flocks with a complete of about 4.2 million birds, in keeping with the U.S. Division of Agriculture. That’s almost 4 occasions the variety of contaminated Iowa flocks however about one-quarter of the affected birds. Many of the affected business Minnesota amenities had turkeys, the most important of which was a flock of about 298,000.
There was a couple of five-month lull in detections in Iowa this summer time between the northern and southern migrations of untamed birds. Different detections since October embrace:
— Dec. 11: About 50,000 business turkeys in Buena Vista County
— Dec. 11: About 50,000 business turkeys in Cherokee County
— Dec. 9: About 50,000 business turkeys in Sac County
— Dec. 6: About 105,000 business turkeys in Cherokee County
— Dec. 6: About 40,000 business turkeys in Sac County
— Dec. 2: About 41,000 business turkeys in Buena Vista County
— Nov. 7: About 1 million business egg-laying chickens in Wright County
— Nov. 7: About 20 blended yard birds in Louisa County
— Oct. 31: About 1.1 million business egg-laying chickens in Wright County
— Oct. 20: About 50 blended yard birds in Dallas County
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Obituary for Marvin M. Recker at Cascade
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What Fran McCaffery said at Iowa basketball Media Day
“I think for Payton we all have an expectation, you know, when your best player comes back and lead the league in made threes, well, he’s going to make more threes and he’s going to get more rebounds.
“The thing I’ve been impressed with is he was a really good rebounder last year. He’s a special offensive rebounder.
“A lot of shooters just don’t do that. They hang around on the perimeter, and that’s that. Throw me the ball, and I’ll shoot it in the hole for you.
“He does that, but he’s done more off the dribble. He’s done more passing to open people and reading situations, which is what you would expect from a senior.
“Think about him. Freshman year he played a lot. He was on the Big Ten Championship team. Sophomore year, Rookie of the Year in the league. Last year led the league in made threes, was an All-League player.
“Now, I think how do you go from being a second- or third-team All-League player to first-team? Obviously it’s consistency of effort and performance, and he is going to work harder.”
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Ohio State Offensive Lineman Acknowledged After Win Over Iowa
Back in the offseason, the assumption was that Seth McLaughlin would win the starting center job after transferring from Alabama. Not only did he win that job but so far this season, he has played quite well.
This is certainly a welcome sight after the Ohio State Buckeyes struggled with offensive line consistency in 2023 and McLaughlin himself had a down year with the Crimson Tide.
Through the non-conference schedule and two Big Ten Conference games, the pairing has been perfect for both parties. The experienced center has been a strong addition in the trenches and will look to continue to be a dominant force throughout the rest of the season.
Just how dominant has McLaughlin been?
In the win against the Iowa Hawkeyes, McLaughlin actually posted the highest grade of any center in the country during week six according to Pro Football Focus. His 78.6 mark is an excellent grade, yet not surprising considering how solid he has been in the middle.
Not only has McLaughlin been solid this season, but the rest of the offensive line has played quite well. Against the Oregon Ducks, McLaughlin, Josh Simmons, Donovan Jackson, Tegra Tshabola and Josh Fryar will all need to be at their best. It seems like they have been at their best to this point, however, this will be the toughest test yet for the whole team.
If this unit can enforce physicality in the run game and give Will Howard time to operate on Saturday, then not only might McLaughlin grade high with PFF once again, but the rest of the unit may fair pretty well.
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