Tough spot market conditions slow broiler growth in 2023
The U.S. broiler industry dealt with collapsing consumer demand and inflation concerns in 2023, but long-term annual price contracts helped many companies stay profitable. Industry performance at a glance According […]
A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In.
The highly lethal form of avian influenza circulating the globe since 2021 has killed tens of millions of birds, forced poultry farmers in the United States to slaughter entire flocks […]
Better beetle control key to Salmonella reduction in poultry
New data shows a correlation between darkling beetle populations and Salmonella loads in poultry houses, highlighting the importance of pest control in pre-harvest food safety. “The industry really understands that […]
Layer specialist: Hens bred for cage-free housing must be ‘top athletes’
The move to cage-free egg production in the US and Europe created a seismic change in hen breeding programs. Besides traditional performance factors such as feed-conversion ratios, breeders now must […]
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CPF Welcomes New Member True Organic Products, Inc.
True Organic Products, Inc. is excited to join the California Poultry Federation and proud to be an industry partner. Founded in 2003 and family owned and operated True has been […]
Bigger bytes: Feed industry processing potential of AI
Formulating and manufacturing animal feed requires vast amounts of data, the sort of task artificial intelligence (AI) was created to feast upon and digest into usable information that could address […]
Fewer avian flu cases detected across Europe
Although highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) detections in birds continue to be widespread across Europe, their overall number is much lower than in recent years. This is among the main […]
Could on-farm processing be poultry’s future?
The ability to process birds on farms and eliminate live transport offers some compelling benefits to the poultry industry whose customers are increasingly disconnected from animal agriculture. “I think this […]
Gen Z Plans to eat more chicken, beef and pork
Since 1979, trust in U.S. institutions has declined dramatically, from the military to Congress. As Lori Rakoczy, associate principal for Technomic, points out American are living in a “trust deficit” […]