National Chicken Council throws support behind ‘RFS Reform Act’
The National Chicken Council today voiced strong support for congressional action to fix our badly broken federal ethanol mandate, the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), as Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Peter […]
President’s 2016 budget proposes historic investment to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria to protect public health
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health issues facing the world today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year at least two […]
USDA invests $18 million to train beginning farmers and ranchers
Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden (USDA) announced more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor, and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. […]
Poultry vet says industry needs to ‘get a handle’ on antibiotics use
Chuck Hofacre laments that the questions he gets from reporters about the food animal industry’s use of antibiotics – such as the doozy about how it gobbles up 80 percent […]
New CPF member
Rolling F Credit Union has joined the California Poultry Federation. Please contact Ed Rocha for further information. (209) 634-2911 or [email protected].
Government listening session on Federal Insurance for Catastrophic Poultry Disease events postponed
Responding to the discovery of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a commercial turkey flock in California, and out of an abundance of caution, USDA Risk Management Agency contractor Watts and […]
IPPE breaks record: Estimated 30,000 registrants and 1,288 exhibitors
The 2015 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is the largest show on record with an estimated 30,000 poultry, meat and feed industry leader attendees from all over the world. […]
Antibiotic-free chicken now in consumer mainstream
Antibiotic-free broiler products are no longer a niche market. The event that brought the issue into the mainstream was actually several years ago when theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and […]
Avian flu found in Foster Farms turkey flock in Stanislaus County
A strain of avian flu harmless to humans has been found at a Foster Farms turkey facility in Stanislaus County. The company’s website says the firm’s early-detection program caught the […]
Study: Wind can carry antibiotics, other microbes
Wind may be carrying antibiotics, bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in particulate matter from feedyards, researchers at Texas Tech Univ. concluded in a study published online in the National Institutes […]