China agrees to import Brazil corn
China has agreed to allow imports of Brazilian corn, providing a key market for surging production that has left a surplus of the grain in the Latin American farming giant […]
Turkey farm and processing plant tour: Temple Grandin
Leading animal welfare expert Temple Grandin PhD, professor of animal science at Colorado State University, guides the viewing public with an expert eye on the growth and delivery of 253 […]
Growing Valley poultry farm expands into Kings County
Quietly, with little fanfare, a growing San Joaquin Valley chicken business is conducting a major expansion into Kings County. In August, Sanger-based Pitman Family Farms purchased an 18-acre animal feed […]
Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit to focus on sharing the industry’s sustainability story at 2014 IPPE
The sixth annual Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit will be held during the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. Sponsored by U.S. […]
Cheaper chickens seen in record corn cutting costs
The biggest-ever U.S. corn harvest is spurring poultry farms to expand chicken production, sending domestic supplies of the meat to a record and cutting costs for buyers from Costco Wholesale […]
Outbreak of misinformation on salmonella
The recent outbreak of food-borne illnesses from Salmonella Heidelberg linked to three California Foster Farms chicken processing facilities has created a rash of misinformation from some media and activists, creating […]
NCC response to Washington Post article about line speeds and animal welfare
The National Chicken Council today released the following statement in response to an inflammatory Washington Post article, “USDA plan to speed up poultry-processing lines could increase risk of bird abuse.” […]
UC Davis appoints Roger Beachy to lead World Food Center
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi on Thursday welcomed Roger Beachy as founding director of the school’s internationally recognized World Food Center. The World Food Center is the university’s latest and […]
FSIS reports decline in Salmonella presence in raw young chicken
A new report indicates that the prevalence of Salmonella on young raw chicken carcasses has fallen 34 percent between the first quarter of 2013 and the second quarter, and is […]
Foster Farms sets the bar for controlling Salmonella in chicken Safety Zone By James Marsden
During the recent government shutdown, there was a lot of discussion around an outbreak of Salmonellosis on the West Coast linked to raw chicken produced by Foster Farms. The outbreak […]