UC Davis vets offer tips to prevent bird flu in backyard chickens
With a potential increase in avian influenza this fall when wild waterfowl migrate south from their northern breeding grounds, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine reminds chicken owners to […]
Divisions deep over feds’ back-up plan to kill birds if avian flu returns
If avian flu returns to Minnesota, there’s no doubt infected poultry flocks would have to be killed. But new federal rules detailing how the birds should be killed has ignited […]
New study finds RFS has created more problems than solutions
The federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its overreliance on corn ethanol has created additional environmental problems in its 10-year history, resulting in unmet targets for cutting air pollution, water […]
Harrisvaccines awarded avian influenza stockpile contract from USDA
Iowa-based vaccine producer, Harrisvaccines, today announced it has been awarded a contract to provide Avian Influenza H5 vaccine to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection […]
70 percent of Americans trust documentaries on food information, survey finds
More than 70 percent of Americans find documentaries trustworthy on food information. Meanwhile, only 50 percent find print, broadcast, and online media trustworthy and only 38 find blogs and social […]
Demand for cage-free eggs taking flight
More hens may not be quite as cooped up in the future. While about 90% of eggs sold through retail in the United States are from hens kept in industrial […]
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visits California’s Central Valley, commends Foster Farms initiatives
Foster Farms CEO Ron Foster, Secretary Vilsack and Foster Farms Vice President of Operations Chris Carter during a tour of the company’s plant US Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack […]
Ag Secretary Vilsack calls Trans-Pacific pact good for California farmers
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is barnstorming for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. On Tuesday, Vilsack was joined by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, in a news conference at Fresno Yosemite […]
Power to the poultry: Bay Area backyard chicken coops all the rage
Three chickens hunted and pecked at the ground as they wandered around Deborah Johnson’s suburban backyard, a scene becoming so familiar in Bay Area neighborhoods that ready-made coops are sold […]
The fuzzy world of consumer trust in poultry
A quartet of U.S. poultry industry experts corrected misconceptions about how and why antibiotics and feed fillers are used (or not used) in broiler production in a question-and-answer session with […]