USPOULTRY Foundation accepting applications for industry education recruitment funding
The USPOULTRY Foundation is now accepting applications from colleges and universities for Industry Education Recruitment Funding. The funding supports student recruitment at colleges and universities that cultivate careers in the […]
Minnesota’s turkey industry recovers from avian flu
Minnesota’s commercial turkey industry is almost back to full strength, after an avian flu outbreak last year that resulted in the deaths of almost ten-million birds. After the outbreak, lawmakers […]
Foster Farms honored with top industry award
California-based Foster Farms has been selected as 2016 Processor of the Year by The National Provisioner, a leading meat and poultry trade publication that has been covering the industry for […]
Seminar focuses on biosecurity and AI
“Cost is the number one reason for ingredient changes,” said Dr. Amy Batal, corporate nutritionist for Sanderson Farms, during her presentation on “Ingredient Changes … Why Are They Important and […]
Agriculture Committee leadership request comment period extension for USDA organic livestock and poultry rule
U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership recently called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to grant a 90-day extension of the public comment period for the Agency’s proposed rule […]
UEP sets goal to phase out male chick culling
United Egg Producers (UEP) announced that it is encouraging the development of alternatives to the practice of male chick culling, with the goal of phasing out the practice in egg […]
The Summer Board Meeting and Golf Tournament was a great success thanks to these generous Sponsors!
Agrecom, Inc.; Alltech; Alpha Inc. + Chore-Time Inc.; Animal Health International; Aviagen, Inc.; Aviagen Turkeys, Inc.; Big Dutchman USA; Cobb-Vantress; Cryovac/Sealed Air Corporation; Darling Ingredients Inc.; Devon Trading/Compass Foods; Diamond […]
Salmonella Outbreak 2016: Hundreds Were Sickened in 35 States
The Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and multiple states are now examining multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infection, […]
Halted in Bird Flu Outbreak, Federal Egg Inspections Resume
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resumed inspections of egg-handling facilities in 21 states more than a year after they were suspended due to the nation’s worst bird flu […]
Animal welfare activists spar with Utah over ‘ag-gag’ law
Utah’s law banning secret filming of agricultural facilities is unconstitutional and should be struck down just as Idaho’s measure was last year, argue animal welfare activists in a new court filing. The […]