Scientists call for revisions to EPA’s broiler-emissions models
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to use updated computerized models to guide regulation of air pollution by animal feeding operations, including broiler chicken farms. Live-production managers and others […]
Avian flu hits Alabama broiler breeder pullets
Less than one week after highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) struck a commercial upland gamebird operation in Alabama, the virus has struck the first commercial poultry flock. According to information […]
Farm bill faces battle as GOP pushes to strip climate, SNAP funding for subsidies
Congress appears unlikely to pass a new farm bill by the end of this year amid standoffs over Republicans’ push to extend subsidies to three specific Southern crops — at […]
Scientists call for revisions to EPA’s broiler-emissions models
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to use updated computerized models to guide regulation of air pollution by animal feeding operations, including broiler chicken farms. Live-production managers and others […]
Avian flu hits Alabama broiler breeder pullets
Less than one week after highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) struck a commercial upland gamebird operation in Alabama, the virus has struck the first commercial poultry flock. According to information […]
U.S. birds affected by 2022-2023 HPAI outbreak surpasses 60 million
The total number of birds in the U.S. affected by the 2022/2023 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak officially surpassed 60 million birds this week, according to the United States […]
Poultry scientist working to improve diagnosis of turkey disease
Poultry scientists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station are working to decrease the time and cost to diagnose Streptococcus gallolyticus, an emerging disease affecting the turkey industry. The disease, which […]
Mexico reports first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm
Mexico reported its first outbreak this season of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday, just a month […]
Fresno State University and Modesto Junior College each receive $7000 from the U.S. Poultry and Egg Harold E. Ford Foundation
One California University and one Junior College, both serving the poultry industry In big ways, each received $7,000 from U.S. Poultry and Egg Harold E. Ford Foundation. Fresno State University […]
More U.S. turkey operations contract avian flu
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed three more turkey operations in South Dakota, all in separate counties, have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). […]