CPF 2015 Summer Board of Directors meeting
The California Poultry Federation (CPF) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9 in Shell Beach at the Cliff’s Resort. As you know, this is one of CPF’s most popular meetings. […]
More avian influenza in Iowa, Canada, Minnesota to seek more help
Officials in Iowa and Ontario, Canada, reported additional outbreaks of a form of avian influenza over the weekend as Minnesota officials prepared to extend a state of emergency over their […]
Farms examining biosecurity systems in wake of bird flu outbreak
More help is on the way to help turkey and other poultry producers cope with the epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza, but state and federal officials also warned that […]
U.S. presses Mexico to ease poultry import limits brought by bird flu
The United States is pressing Mexico, the top importer of U.S. chickens and turkeys, to relax restrictions imposed on poultry shipments because of an outbreak of a strain of avian […]
Research provides insight for ventilation of broiler houses during hot weather
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., in which researchers studied the interaction of temperature, relative […]
Interview: The real impact of avian flu on the U.S. turkey industry
U.S. turkey producers, particularly in the major producing state of Minnesota, have been in the news as the outbreaks of various strains of avian influenza continue to spread as migratory […]
Iowa reports biggest U.S. outbreak of bird flu in poultry
Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, found a lethal strain of bird flu in a flock of millions of hens at an egg-laying facility on Monday, the worst case so […]
Trade Promotion Authority bill introduced in House, Senate
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation […]
Bird flu outbreak now spreading through Midwest poultry could head east with fall migration
Eastern U.S. poultry producers are bracing for the potential arrival of a deadly bird flu virus outbreak that farmers in the Midwest have struggled to stop. The fear is that […]
A new vaccine to fight poultry diseases
A vaccine that protects chickens against two infectious poultry diseases has been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. Microbiologist Qingzhong Yu and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service’s […]