Over 20,500 attendees & 895 exhibitors at the 2012 International Poultry Expo & Feed Expo
"We are very pleased with the number of exhibitors and attendees on the exhibit floor for IPE/IFE Week," said 2012 USPOULTRY chairman Mark Waller, Ingram Farms, Cullman, AL. "We have had a great turn-out this year, and the energy and excitement on the floor has been evident." The central attraction was the large exhibit floor.
Chicken wings to dominate Super Bowl weekend
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for chicken wings. The National Chicken Council’s (NCC) 2012 Wing Report estimates football fans will consume more than 1.25 billion wing […]
FSIS & FDA Consolidation Being Considered
There’s long been talk about creating a single federal food safety agency. That may become a reality if Congress grants the Obama Administration authority to reorganize the government. According to […]
CDFA launches new Avian Health website
The California Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health and Food Safety Services, Avian Health Branch, has launched a new Avian Health website. The new website contains resources for the […]
Extremists responsible for attack on CA feed yard must be held accountable
Animal rights extremists are taking credit for Sunday’s disturbing attack on the largest feed yard in California, where an act of arson destroyed 14 trucks used to transport cattle. Thankfully, […]
Fire rips through Harris Ranch near I-5
CPF President Bill Mattos urges all poultry farms, producers and processors to be on alert at this time. It’s important that everyone maintain a high level of biosecurity and diligence. […]
Ethanol eats more corn than cows as herds drop: chart of the day
Ethanol refiners are consuming more of the U.S. corn crop than livestock producers and will remain the top users until at least 2014 as government mandates and exports boost fuel […]
Expiration of ethanol credit could help ease corn prices
Corn users could see some softening in prices if the tax credit supporting the ethanol industry – the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), the "blenders’ credit" – expires on schedule at the end of the year, according to an economist who follows the ethanol market closely.
Hong Kong culls thousands of birds after virus found in chicken
Health workers here began slaughtering more than 17,000 chickens on Wednesday after a carcass infected with bird flu was found at a poultry market, government officials said. It was the first large-scale culling in three years.
USDA delays implementation of poultry product labeling regulations
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is delaying the effective date of the final regulations that require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products and ground or chopped mean and poultry products that were published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2010.