Clint Rivers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wayne Farms LLC (Oakwood, Georgia) was installed for a second term as 2020-2021 Chairman of the National Chicken Council (NCC) during NCC’s Fall Board of Directors meeting, held virtually this week.
Clint joined Wayne Farms...
Free-range farmer panel discusses benefits of raising chickens with outdoor access and shares pride in growing chickens during COVID-19 pandemic
Perdue Farms hosted its fifth annual Animal Care Summit, held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since announcing...
Dutch animal health authorities will cull 35,700 broiler chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found on a farm in the central Netherlands, the government said on Thursday.
The discovery comes just days after a pair of...
Stage 1 – First Three Weeks in March 2020: Sharp Increase in Volumes
Canada started to implement social distancing at the national level from mid-March 2020. In the first week’s lockdown from March 15th, 2020 to March 21st, 2020, the...
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announced its first sustainability commitments, just two years after becoming an independent company. The decade-long commitments support the SDGs, address societal challenges and underscore Elanco’s role in improving the health of animals,...
The Cobb-Vantress Asia team is hosting an educational webinar focused on ventilation for breeder flocks. Scheduled Oct. 28 at 10:00 a.m., ICT, those in the poultry industry will receive an inside look at Cobb’s latest product developments and expert...
Hy-Line North America Donates $50,000 to Foundation
Iowa Poultry Association (IPA) and Iowa Egg Council (IEC) is pleased to announce the initial funding of their Iowa Poultry and Egg Scholarship Foundation. As Iowa is #1 in the nation for egg...
Last month, premium poultry producer Bell & Evans announced its construction of a new $330 million Organic-Certified Chicken Harvesting Facility in Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania. Only three years ago, Bell & Evans opened its world’s first, $40 million, Organic Certified, Animal-Welfare-Focused...
Total of 33 confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to plant in Blumenort as of Thursday morning, union says
An employee at a southeastern Manitoba poultry plant who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, a spokesperson for the company confirmed.
The 42-year-old man...
immy Adams, manager of wastewater operations for House of Raeford Farms’ Arcadia, Louisiana complex, received Wastewater Operator of the Year honors from the Louisiana Rural Water Association. Due to the COVID -19 restrictions, LRWA could not hold their annual...