USDA Program Propels Start-Up Forward with Financial Infusion
This week, government officials announced that Charles City Iowa-based premium chicken integrator, Pure Prairie Farms Inc., is set to receive a $6.9 million dollar grant as part United States Department of Agriculture...
The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled more than $223 million in grants and loans to increase competition and economic opportunities for meat and poultry processors and producers around the country.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Omaha,...
Stakeholders tour Perdue's research farm; panelists and presenters share research and advancements in raising healthier poultry at scale
Perdue Farms hosted its seventh annual Animal Care Summit near its Maryland headquarters this year, after two years of hosting the annual...
Extension helps Okolona producer improve profitability and maintain healthy birds
Joe Ellis knew almost nothing about chickens when he began raising them for Peco Foods, Inc., in 2008.
For the previous 20 years, he had been a construction contractor, and, although...
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 broiler breeder chicken flock in Madison County, Arkansas.
Samples from the flock were...
Bloomberg writers Michael Hirtzer, Elizabeth Elkin, and Joe Deaux reported yesterday that, “A logjam of more than 100 ships, tugboats and their convoys of barges in the shrinking Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer, metals...
A man was killed in an accident at a Perdue Chicken facility in Prince George County, according to authorities.
“At this time, we are investigating the incident and working with Perdue regarding the release of information,” said Alexis Grochmal, a...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
US egg and turkey supplies took a hit from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) this spring as the wild-bird migration exposed domestic flocks to the virus. The risk subsided as temperatures warmed and migration ended. However, HPAI is...
CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division recently partnered with the University of Missouri to study the economic fabric that supports rural and agricultural communities. The report outlines the changes to farm household employment and income dynamics over the past few decades....
Poultry/Eggs: Broiler production forecasts in 2022 and 2023 were increased on favorable hatchery data, and 2022 and 2023 prices were adjusted down on recent data and stronger production expectations. Forecast 2022 broiler exports were adjusted down on slow shipments...