The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced an extension of the modified poultry line speed waivers, pushing the expiration date from November 15, 2024, to January 15, 2025. This extension is aimed at allowing a comprehensive worker...

In the early summer of 2023, the USDA announced that it would be working to implement a multi-step effort aiming to strengthen the substantiation of animal-raising claims on food labels. This is an expansion of work the USDA has...

The USPOULTRY Foundation awarded a $5,500 student recruiting grant to the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tenn. The animal science department and its collaborative department, the UT Institute of Agriculture, offer a poultry program that encompasses education, research...

In a concerning development for the poultry industry, avian influenza has resurfaced in Quebec, Canada, after a period of relative calm. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed two new infections in commercial poultry flocks, marking the first cases...

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has confirmed the first human case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the state. This case is linked to a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County, where an outbreak had previously been reported....

Chris Ayers emerged from his orange and black rough-terrain vehicle with an ear-to-ear grin. “This is Chiktopia,” he said, sweeping his arm wide to indicate the back half of a 3,600-square-foot warehouse on his family’s farm in Ball Ground, Georgia....

In the wake of a recent H5 avian flu detection in wastewater on Oahu, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) on November 15 announced that state and federal tests have confirmed the virus in ducks and geese that died...

Dr. Sophie Kernéis-Golsteyn is the principal investigator for research examining the effectiveness of natural phytobiotics, plant-based alternatives to antibiotics, to protect chickens against Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC) bacteria. The 2.5-year, $80,000 project, which will be carried out in...

The UK is currently facing significant changes to its poultry marketing regulations, which have sparked considerable discussion within the industry. These changes are primarily driven by the need to align with evolving standards and to address challenges posed by...

Tyson Foods reported significant improvements in its financial performance for the fiscal year ending Sept. 28, largely driven by its Poultry and Prepared Foods segments. Despite challenges from a reduced cattle supply impacting the beef industry, the company achieved...

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are...

Authorities in Britain have identified a case of the H5N1 bird flu strain in commercial poultry at a site near St Ives, southwest England, according to a government statement on Sunday. To contain the outbreak, all birds on the affected...

The chickens on Manners Farms were happier, healthier, and tastier after a trial run of Northern Ontario’s first fully automated pasture barn this past summer. Farming couple Zach and Chelsea Manners are the first in the North to follow the...

The USPOULTRY Foundation awarded a $7,000 student recruiting grant to Cleveland Community College (CCC) in Shelby, North Carolina. CCC successfully completed its second year offering applied animal science courses to students in the agriculturally rich foothills of North Carolina....

Animal AgTech company TARGAN, Inc. (TARGAN) has announced a new contract with IKO Kompania Drobiarska (IKO), for the installation of WingScan™, TARGAN’s automated feather-sexing system. Following its debut at EuroTier 2024 in Hannover, Germany, this collaboration demonstrates TARGAN’s commitment...