Poultry inspectors union urges passage of DeLauro amendment blocking USDA outsourcing plan
The American Federation of Government Employees is calling on House lawmakers to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from implementing a new poultry inspection system that would jeopardize worker and […]
Controlling body weight of turkey breeder hens without feed restriction
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, which studied controlling the body weight of turkey breeder hens without […]
Butterball finds no mistreatment in latest activist video
One day after the release of an undercover video of alleged abuse of poults at a Butterball LLC facility in Raeford, N.C., the turkey processor announced that a panel of […]
USDA publishes census of agriculture state and county profiles
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released new 2012 Census of Agriculture profiles for all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and more than 3,000 counties in […]
Broiler production edges higher
Broiler-type eggs set climbed 1 percent during the week ending May 31, the US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported. Hatcheries in the 19 state weekly program set […]
Why more food industry mergers are likely to come
More food company mergers like the recent $6.3 billion bid by Tyson Foods for Hillshire Brands are probably on the way-but not for the reasons investors may think. The food […]
Message from California Secretary of Ag Karen Ross
Tests show high H7N9 antibodies in Chinese poultry workers
Adding to the evidence that poultry are the source of China’s H7N9 influenza outbreak, a serology study in the southern Guangdong province city of Shenzhen found evidence of asymptomatic or […]
Poultry groups protest transportation rule
A coalition of poultry organizations has submitted comments arguing against a proposed rule that would require the use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) on trucks. The rule, proposed by the […]
Central Valley counties tops in agricultural production, five-year U.S. census shows
California is the world’s No. 1 agricultural producer and nine of the nation’s top 10 agricultural producing counties are in California, according to the latest USDA Census of Agriculture, which […]