Today, Governor Josh Shapiro met with Lancaster County farmers at Silver Valley Farm to discuss his Administration’s coordinated response to the Hi-Path Avian Influenza crisis and outline elements of his commonsense budget proposal that would help support and empower...
The number of companies reporting against their commitment to improve chicken welfare has more than tripled and includes four chicken producers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual U.S. ChickenTrack report released today by Compassion in World Farming.
The...
The first factor to consider in selecting a site for an animal feeding operation is state and local permitting requirements and ordinances. Consult local health and regulatory authorities and have all plans approved before constructing any manure handling system....
The Delmarva Chicken Festival, a long-running and beloved public event from 1948 to 2014, will return in 2023 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first dedicated broiler chicken farm on Delmarva. The festival will take place October 7,...
Source: Meating Place
Pilgrim’s Pride can’t turn a lawsuit, alleging the company of selling chicken with bones in it as “boneless,” against a Trader Joe’s supplier that is suing both Pilgrim’s and a wholesale distributor over the faulty product, a...
Source: Reuters
Last year, Ihab Gomaa was managing 12 chicken farms in Egypt's Fayoum, an agricultural region south-west of Cairo.
Now five are shuttered, after the poultry sector, which depends heavily on imported feed, was pummelled by a foreign currency shortage...
Cryogenic chemicals, such as liquid nitrogen, liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), and solid CO2 (dry ice), are often used in food processing. This includes grinding, mixing, coating, freezing and packaging foods. Food processors use these liquids to produce a variety...
Investigators think up to 34,000 chickens were killed during two separate poultry farm fires in North Carolina and Virginia within a day of each other.
Investigators think up to 34,000 chickens were killed during two separate poultry farm fires in...
National livestock groups have come together to support Congressional efforts to expand opportunities for industry to invest in meat packing capacity.
The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Sheep Industry Association, Livestock Marketing Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Pork Producers...
Tyson Foods Inc gave its chicken suppliers two months' notice of its plan to shut a Virginia processing plant in May, raising concerns among farmers and legal experts about the company's compliance with antitrust regulations requiring it to give...
