Idaho
Idaho dairy officials report avian flu affected cows are recovering
It’s been two weeks since the initial detection of a strain of bird flu in dairy cows. As of Tuesday, 20 herds had been infected across six states, including one in Idaho.
About eight cows on a Cassia County dairy farm got sick after the farm imported cattle from a Texas operation, where animals later tested positive for bird flu.
The sick cows were eating less and producing less milk; and the milk they did produce appeared thicker than usual.
The animals were isolated, but are improving, said Rick Naerebout, the CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association.
“They seem to be on the upswing,” he said. “They are nearly a week now without symptomatic cattle and their feed intake and milk production has bounced back to normal, and so it appears everything is headed in the right direction.”
While one Texas worker contracted the virus, there have been no confirmed cases among humans since . No workers on the Idaho farm have shown symptoms, Naerebout said.
The Cassia County farm was prepared to protect workers, he said, and already supplies them PPE like eye protection and gloves.
A spokesperson for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said the state and local health departments are “collaborating to ensure employees of the affected farm have information in writing about how to prevent exposure and to watch out for symptoms,” and did not say whether health officials had been to the farm.
Naerebout says, across the country, the dairy industry still has questions about the virus, like whether a vaccine can be developed for cows. Fortunately, he said, in Idaho, the spread seems to have been contained to a few animals on one farm.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture emphasized that milk from affected cows poses no human health risk because of the high-heat pasteurization process. Initially, Idaho prohibited cattle from entering from Texas, Kansas and New Mexico, but has since adapted the restriction to “any premises in an affected state where a bovine animal has tested positive for Bovine Influenza A virus (BIAV).”
Scott Leibsle, Idaho’s state veterinarian, expressed concern primarily for the potential impact of the virus on milk production on dairy farms. Naerebout added that the Cassia County farm’s production was minimally affected, with the removal of sick cows from the production lines resulting in less than a 5% reduction in overall production during that period.
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The results are in for the Idaho Lottery’s draw games on Monday, April 20, 2026.
Here’s a look at winning numbers for each game on April 20.
Winning Powerball numbers from April 20 drawing
09-17-36-47-64, Powerball: 26, Power Play: 3
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from April 20 drawing
Day: 9-5-5
Night: 1-3-9
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Day: 9-3-4-7
Night: 6-9-2-8
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05-07-31-41-43, Star Ball: 07, ASB: 02
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When are the Idaho Lottery drawings held ?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
- Pick 4: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
- Lucky For Life: 8:35 p.m. MT Monday and Thursday.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- 5 Star Draw: 8 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Idaho Cash: 8 p.m. MT daily.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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I remember watching a documentary about Idaho’s wildlands. A narrator said there were probably many parts of the state where no human being has ever set foot. I believe that, but I stay relatively close to the highways. If I were 30 years younger, I would probably enjoy exploring the back country, but today, unless a plane takes me in and out, it’s not happening. I can’t say definitively that there is one spot that I find better than others. We’re surrounded by beautiful terrain, however. One place keeps calling me back.
Like a Scene from a Legendary Movie
When I go over the mountain between Gooding and Fairfield, I take time to stop at the overlook above the Camas Prairie. It reminds me of a scene in Exodus, where the Paul Newman character takes an American woman to look across a flat plain leading to Mount Tabor. He explains that’s the site where Deborah gathered her armies. It makes me feel there is something godly about the Camas Prairie. I keep going back to this spot. Sometimes I take along a folding chair and sit and look at the world below.
Slow Down and See the Work of the Creator
Fairfield may be nothing more than a blip as people speed down Route 20, but it’s their loss. On the other side of the highway is some of the prettiest country in Idaho. It’s going to be a lot less lush this spring, but drought conditions haven’t been nearly as severe in the central highlands. But if I’m granted a few more years by the Almighty, I plan to see the prairie for many more springs.
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The results are in for the Idaho Lottery’s draw games on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from April 19 drawing
Day: 9-5-1
Night: 8-0-6
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Day: 2-7-0-3
Night: 4-3-3-3
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Winning Idaho Cash numbers from April 19 drawing
15-28-31-38-45
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When are the Idaho Lottery drawings held ?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
- Pick 4: 1:59 p.m. (Day) and 7:59 p.m. (Night) MT daily.
- Lucky For Life: 8:35 p.m. MT Monday and Thursday.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- 5 Star Draw: 8 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Idaho Cash: 8 p.m. MT daily.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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