Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visits California’s Central Valley, commends Foster Farms initiatives
Foster Farms CEO Ron Foster, Secretary Vilsack and Foster Farms Vice President of Operations Chris Carter during a tour of the company’s plant US Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack […]
Ag Secretary Vilsack calls Trans-Pacific pact good for California farmers
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is barnstorming for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. On Tuesday, Vilsack was joined by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, in a news conference at Fresno Yosemite […]
Power to the poultry: Bay Area backyard chicken coops all the rage
Three chickens hunted and pecked at the ground as they wandered around Deborah Johnson’s suburban backyard, a scene becoming so familiar in Bay Area neighborhoods that ready-made coops are sold […]
The fuzzy world of consumer trust in poultry
A quartet of U.S. poultry industry experts corrected misconceptions about how and why antibiotics and feed fillers are used (or not used) in broiler production in a question-and-answer session with […]
California enacts strict antibiotic law for animal agriculture
California just passed a bill to sharply limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, making it the first state to ban the routine use of the drugs in animal […]
Antibiotic use in livestock and expanded role of veterinarians focus of October workshop
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the Farm Foundation recently brought together the state’s livestock and poultry producers, their feed suppliers and veterinarians to discuss a changing landscape […]
Poultry farms, regulators gear up to combat bird flu
U.S. poultry companies and regulators are taking unprecedented steps to combat the potential return of an avian- influenza virus that roiled egg and turkey farmers earlier this year and killed […]
Court stops EPA from implementing ‘waters of the U.S.’ (WOTUS) rule
This morning a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a nationwide stay, by a 2-1 vote, against the enforcement of the Waters of the […]
Washington state vet: Backyard flocks most vulnerable to bird flu
Even after what the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls the “largest animal health event in our history,” Baker said he still encounters poultry owners who are oblivious to bird flu. […]
Georgia Poultry Federation launches avian influenza campaign
The Georgia Poultry Federation is working to stay ahead of any outbreak of the avian influenza virus in Georgia and has launched a new campaign for poultry farmers. It’s called, […]