HPAI toll continues to rise in Asia, Germany
Bird culls in the wake of the months-long outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are continuing as Asian nations report higher cull figures and Germany also posts increasing bird […]
Modesto plant supplies squab, and it’s not your common pigeon
Chinese people launched the Year of the Rooster on Saturday, with help from a Modesto business that deals in a quite another kind of poultry. Squab Producers of California is […]
Chicken farmers say processors treat them like servants
Former chicken farmers in five states have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a handful of giant poultry processing companies that dominate the industry of treating farmers who raise the chickens […]
Bird flu deaths bring live poultry market ban in Hunan province
Live poultry sales are being shut down in China’s central Hunan province because one strain of bird flu has turned deadly for people. Americans are being cautioned about the outbreak, but […]
New GIPSA rule delayed for two months
The effective date for a new Agriculture Department rule that sets standards of proof for market practices in the livestock and poultry industry has been delayed two months until April […]
Safer Salmonella control in poultry feed
Salmonella in feed is one of the key causes of colonization in poultry. Enterobacteriaceae such as Salmonella can be present in the entire feed production process, from the raw materials […]
Did someone say food fight? U.S. farmers – and especially those in California – fret over a possible trade war
It took Donald Trump 71 days to settle on an Agriculture secretary after winning the presidency. It took him 72 hours after that to unsettle much of the agriculture industry. First, the […]
2017 IPPE: More than 31,000 attendees and 533,000 square feet of exhibit space
The 2017 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) has more than 31,000 poultry, meat and feed industry leader attendees from all over the world. In addition, the show has more […]
Merial’s world-leading vaccine for Newcastle Disease now available in the U.S.
Merial, now part of Boehringer Ingelheim, announces the introduction of AvinewTM. After 20 years of proven results internationally, Avinew is now available in the U.S. In 1987, Dr. Pedro Villegas […]
Ethanol Outlook: Trump’s ‘Unmistakable Support’ for RFS
Twice on Tuesday, organizers of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association’s annual summit played videos of presidential candidate Donald Trump voicing his support for ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) […]