California Poultry Federation goes to Washington
This week, CPF president Bill Mattos and CPF Executive Committee member Tom Bower (Foster Farms) made the rounds Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington DC , visiting both the USDA and […]
Karen Ross: What happens to ag water? Eventually, people eat and drink it
A recent survey by the Farm Water Coalition indicated that 41 percent of California’s irrigated farmland will lose 80 percent of its surface water in 2015 due to cutbacks because […]
Devenish awarded most innovative company
Devenish has won the Most Innovative Company Award at the Aer Lingus Viscount Awards, following on from the Best Medium Business win last year. The awards highlight local companies who […]
CPF 2015 Summer Board of Directors meeting
The California Poultry Federation (CPF) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9 in Shell Beach at the Cliff’s Resort. As you know, this is one of CPF’s most popular meetings. […]
More avian influenza in Iowa, Canada, Minnesota to seek more help
Officials in Iowa and Ontario, Canada, reported additional outbreaks of a form of avian influenza over the weekend as Minnesota officials prepared to extend a state of emergency over their […]
Farms examining biosecurity systems in wake of bird flu outbreak
More help is on the way to help turkey and other poultry producers cope with the epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza, but state and federal officials also warned that […]
U.S. presses Mexico to ease poultry import limits brought by bird flu
The United States is pressing Mexico, the top importer of U.S. chickens and turkeys, to relax restrictions imposed on poultry shipments because of an outbreak of a strain of avian […]
Research provides insight for ventilation of broiler houses during hot weather
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., in which researchers studied the interaction of temperature, relative […]
Interview: The real impact of avian flu on the U.S. turkey industry
U.S. turkey producers, particularly in the major producing state of Minnesota, have been in the news as the outbreaks of various strains of avian influenza continue to spread as migratory […]
Iowa reports biggest U.S. outbreak of bird flu in poultry
Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, found a lethal strain of bird flu in a flock of millions of hens at an egg-laying facility on Monday, the worst case so […]