New CPF member
Maury Ore has joined the California Poultry Federation as Poultry Team Director with the Devenish Nutrition company. Devenish is an agri-technology company based out of Belfast, Ireland with production facilities […]
Animal welfare issues are driving change
The vice president of animal well-being for Tyson Foods, Dean Danilson, says farm animal welfare issues will continue to be “a driver for change” in the industry. “More consumers are […]
Restaurant traffic in gridlock: NPD
Restaurant traffic remained flat and below pre-recession levels, reflecting penny-wise consumers’ tendency to cap their dining-out occasions, The NPD Group reported. NPD is a leading global information company. US consumers […]
Chicken consumption up 17% in the US
More chickens are crossing the road and on to consumers’ plates, according to new research presented today at the National Chicken Council’s Chicken Marketing Seminar in Greensboro, Georgia. Overall, the […]
No risk in closing influenza lab: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) closed a laboratory that mishandled samples of bird-flu virus, but the closure should not impact the CDC’s work on influenza vaccines, according […]
Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says
Raising beef for the American dinner table does far more damage to the environment than producing pork, poultry, eggs or dairy, a new study says. Compared with the other animal […]
Supreme Court is asked to review California ban on force-feeding birds
California’s ban on force-feeding ducks and geese to produce foie gras is on the Supreme Court’s summer menu.It might be more than a mere delicacy. Thirteen states – including South […]
California agriculture industry facing $1 billion in drought losses
California’s agricultural industry is facing $1 billion in lost revenue this year from the state’s worst drought in decades and could pay about $500 million for additional groundwater pumping, a […]
Germany balks at chicken trade with US
Negotiators meeting in Brussels to hammer out a free-trade agreement between the United States and European Union face headwinds of negative public opinion surrounding, in part, the US practice using […]
After lapses, C.D.C. admits a lax culture at labs
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spent much of Wednesday completing a report that would let the public see, in embarrassing detail, how […]