Officials with a food processing plant, George’s Prepared Foods, announced they were closing their Caryville location, leaving nearly 200 people jobless.
Campbell County Mayor E.L. Morton told WVLT News that he was trying to keep the plant open.
“I have contacted...
Case Farms, a fully integrated poultry farming and processing group, has awarded more than $34,000 in scholarships this year to 12 children of Case Farms’ employeesthrough the J. Leroy Cook Memorial Scholarship Program. To date, Case Farms has awarded...
Source: Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
DES MOINES, Iowa
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship today announced that the March 23 order cancelling all live bird exhibitions at fairs and other gatherings of birds due to highly...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more support, resources, and new rules that will strengthen the American food supply chain, promote fair and competitive agricultural markets, prevent abuse of farmers by poultry processors and make...
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA's proposed poultry marketing disclosure requirements and the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking under the Packers and Stockyards Act.
"AFBF appreciates USDA working to create more transparency in the poultry...
Researchers in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University have discovered an innovative approach to fight bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance in poultry by exploiting linkages between the gut neurochemical and immune systems.
Poultry products...
USPOULTRY is offering a technical reference guide in Spanish for NewPoultry Inspection System (NPIS) carcass sorter training in poultry plants. This guide is part of USPOULTRY’s Food Safety Technical Reference Series and is intended for use as validation...
Beef prices climbed 24% in second quarter, with chicken up 14%
Tyson shares are trading higher in New York trading Monday
Tyson Foods Inc. lifted its revenue outlook as prices for chicken and beef continue to soar.
The biggest U.S....
Source: The Guardian
Laborers worked for a month disposing of birds killed in a gruesomely inhumane manner. Then they found they too were disposable
Chris McGreal in Rembrandt, Iowa
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial layer chicken flock in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and a non-commercial backyard flock...