POULTRY
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says California’s actions under Proposition 12 fly in the face of Federal jurisdiction and regulation over food production and safety under the Egg Products Inspection Act.
Since Brazil confirmed the country’s first HPAI outbreak, others like China and now the European Union have suspended poultry imports.
Summer internships are the first exposure for students to the real world.
Cleanup is underway, but it could take years to put the pieces back together. Farmers say with lower commodity prices, many were already on the financial brink before the storm.
New rules on ammonia reporting for poultry farms need more time to properly analyze, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently.
Tennessee reported avian-influenza discovery last week, and now three poultry flocks in northern Alabama are being investigated.
Tyson Foods Inc. will invest $320 million in a new chicken-processing plant in northeastern Kansas employing 1,600 people so that it can keep up with a growing consumer demand for fresh poultry, the company and state officials announced Tuesday.
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.’
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.