Fear not: You’ll get your Thanksgiving turkey, pumpkin pie
Bird flu took a bite out of the turkey supply. Heavy rain washed out the pumpkin crop. Yet Thanksgiving groceries likely won’t cost Americans much more than last year, and nobody should […]
Student group calls for cage-free eggs in dining halls
Many students chow down on scramble eggs and omelets in the dining halls everyday without thinking twice about where the food comes from. But students in the University of Georgia’s […]
Real California Milk reveals “Adventures in Real Food” Rose Parade® float design
The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) today revealed its “Adventures in Real Food” Rose Parade® float design that will bring-to-life a celebration of Real California Milk with a colorful display […]
Researchers use Vitamin D to fight coccidiosis in turkeys
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio, in which researchers looked at the […]
Animal rights group cries foul over USDA failure to label foie gras
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is waging another battle to ban foie gras from America’s dinner menus. On Nov. 5, the group filed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. Department of […]
Avian influenza and duck season: commonsense advice
As harvest winds down and combines head back to the shop, ATVs are being prepped, wetland camo is being aired out and blinds are being hosed out. The Mid-South duck […]
What does ‘meat raised without antibiotics’ mean – and why is it important?
Last week, sandwich giant Subway announced that in the coming years, its U.S. restaurants will serve only animal proteins that have never been treated with antibiotics. This is a bold statement […]
Two turkeys to receive presidential pardon have Sonoma County ties
Two Nicholas White turkeys from Foster Farms of Modesto, hand-chosen for their plumage, sociability and good manners, are getting ready to head to the White House in late November for […]
National Thanksgiving Turkey
The National Turkey Federation (NTF) has been presenting a turkey to the President of the United States in celebration of Thanksgiving since 1947. This year, the Presidential Turkey flock is […]
S. Korea to import U.S. chicken again
South Korea plans to resume importing chickens from North America since no new outbreaks of bird flu have been reported in the region in recent months, the Korean Ministry of […]