USPOULTRY Foundation awards recruiting grants to Fresno State and Modesto Junior College
Fresno State and Modesto Junior College (MJC), California higher education campuses with strong agricultural departments, recently received student recruiting grants from the USPoultry Foundation. Richie King, Foster Farms, a member […]
California water officials say drought proclamation likely
The Director of the California Department of Water Resources says he believes Governor Jerry Brown will likely declare a drought. Mark Cowin made the comments to the state Board of […]
New positive test for H7N9 at south China poultry market
Authorities in China announced a new positive test of an environmental sample for the H7N9 avian influenza at a live poultry market in southern China over the weekend, according to […]
Organic chicken carries just as many superbugs as conventional
-Tom Philpott, Food and Ag, Mother Jones As a student of the meat industry and its practices, I wasn’t surprised by the recent Consumer Reports finding that nearly half of […]
Jerry Brown eyes cap-and-trade money for high-speed rail
Gov. Jerry Brown plans to propose spending millions of dollars in fees paid by carbon producers to aid the state’s controversial high-speed rail project. The proposal – and the prospect […]
First animal abuse reporting bill of 2014 introduced
The first state legislative proposal of 2014 aimed at making it illegal to witness animal abuse and not report it has been introduced despite the failure to pass similar bills […]
The Golden Age of poultry
For the first time in over a hundred years, we eat more chicken than beef. Per capita chicken consumption in the US has risen from under 20 lbs in 1909 […]
FSIS issues first pork salmonella compliance guideline
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) on Monday published compliance guidelines for controlling Salmonella in hog slaughter facilities in the Federal Register. It is the first edition of the compliance […]
Incubation light reduces broiler stress susceptibility
A new study indicates that stress susceptibility after hatching can be reduced by providing 12 hours of light during incubation. These results of a new study at the University of […]
Ukraine sends first foie gras shipment to EU
Ukraine’s largest poultry producer, MHP, has sent the first shipments of foie gras to the European market. Agricultural holding MHP has begun shipping goose liver to the European Union. It […]