Website helps California poultry producers monitor avian flu risk
To reduce potential exposure to avian influenza, a new interactive website is now available to help California poultry producers, backyard poultry enthusiasts, regulators and risk managers assess the locations of […]
Northwest Chicken Council 4th Annual Conference
This is a reminder to register for the Northwest Chicken Council‘s 4th Annual Conference and Meeting on April 12-13, 2018 at the Riverplace Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Please make sure […]
White House meetings are being planned on clash over ethanol, sources say
Top Trump administration officials are planning two summits to discuss possible changes to the U.S. biofuel mandate, according to people familiar with the discussions, as the White House grapples with political […]
Talking Turkey: Seeing through the Myths
Closing the distance from farm to fork, America’s turkey farmers, represented by the National Turkey Federation, have prepared a new series of videos and resources offering common-sense answers about raising […]
Trump ‘gets what you’re saying’: Agriculture secretary talks immigration, water and food stamps on California tour
“You might already know this …,” Central Valley farmer Sarah Woolf offered politely, before launching on a primer on California’s convoluted water system. “No, I don’t,” Sonny Perdue, Trump’s secretary […]
Pork, poultry, and beef associations applaud bill that would exempt farms from reporting emissions
Legislation strongly supported by the National Pork Producers Council, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, The National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, and United Egg Producers […]
Value of US poultry and egg exports up most since 2013
The dollar value of combined U.S. poultry and egg exports increased by 10.5 percent in 2017, a bigger gain than in any year since 2013, according to a new analysis […]
Grassley wants Perdue to help man the ethanol barricade
Sen. Chuck Grassley came down hard on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week for failing to defend corn interests vital to his home state, even going so far as to […]
House appropriators ready to carve up budget deal
A side agreement among congressional leaders to allocate some of the new nondefense funding to opioid abuse prevention, infrastructure and several other priorities is complicating the plan to write a […]
Can Americans eat more chicken? U.S. industry bets on growth
As if Americans didn’t have enough chicken on the menu already, production of the nation’s most-popular meat is headed for the biggest growth spurt in more than a decade. Companies […]