Livestock
Here’s another excuse to pig out this Thanksgiving: turkey prices are down.
Tennessee reported avian-influenza discovery last week, and now three poultry flocks in northern Alabama are being investigated.
13 states sue to stop cage free eggs law in Massachusetts
A Pennsylvania fire that killed 7,000 turkeys has been deemed an accident.
Authorities say more than 45,000 chickens have been killed in fires this week at two central Pennsylvania farms.
On Feb. 24, AgDay will have team coverage of an important issue to animal agriculture—the proposed law on caged hens.
Some dissenters call Egg Bill ‘Hilton for hens.’
The strain poses no threat to humans.
This is seen as a victory for poultry and livestock farmers.
Egg production totaled 9.41 billion last month, USDA data show.
Firm also says feed prices are too high
Dustin Stanton, age 18, has grown his farm project of producing eggs to a regional business by connecting with consumers and paying close attention to freshness.
Watch a video of “Big Bill” hoisting 20 half-cases of eggs in 60 seconds.
It is the last of the three big chicken restaurants to take such action.
Rising North Carolina rivers swamp dozens of poultry barns, killing at least 1.7 million chickens.
Row-crop operations are taking acres out of production to add poultry barns
He walked into the barn and his heart sank. It was too quiet. The “mystery disease” devastating the pork industry had suddenly struck veterinarian Scott Dee’s first client.