Lewiston, N.C., harvest operation diverts more than 8.3 million pounds of waste in 2019
52.1% of the waste generated in the United States, or 139 million tons, went to landfill in 2017*. Additionally, by 2021 the United States is expected to have 15...
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. increased its dividend as it anticipates profitable growth this year from its meat operations and revenues increasing by 30 per cent from its plant protein group.
The company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of...
Fire officials said a sprinkler system prevented damages to the Gerber’s Poultry Inc. processing plant in Kidron, OH last Saturday night after a fire ignited inside of the facility.
Called to the site at about 11:14 p.m., firefighters arrived at the Kidron...
Bulgaria’s food safety agency authorities reported on Monday two new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the southern part of the Balkan country.
One of the new outbreaks was found at a farm with more than 55,000...
Participants on a panel about diversity and inclusion organized by Perdue Farms as part of the company’s first Day of Understanding on Thursday, February 20th at the Perdue Learning University in downtown Salisbury, Maryland.
As part of Perdue Farms commitment...
Source: USDA news release
Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that China has taken numerous actions to begin implementing its agriculture-related commitments under the landmark U.S.-China Phase One Economic...
The USDA says January 2020 poultry production was 4.525 billion pounds, up 6% from January 2019. Chicken accounted for 3.997 billion pounds, with turkey at 514.941 million and duck at 13.018 million pounds.
The chicken slaughter was 4% higher at...
The USPOULTRY Foundation awarded a $5,125student recruiting grant to the University of Tennessee-Martin. The grant was made possible in part by an endowing Foundation gift from Pilgrim’s and was presented by Barbara Jenkins, executive director of the USPOULTRY Foundation,...
Source: USDA news release
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The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for February 2020 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates Report.
On February 3,...
Lambertson Family Farms of Pocomoke, Maryland, was one of six farms across the United States to receive U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award during the 2020 International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta. U.S. Poultry...