By Wayne Martin, Extension Educator, Alternative Livestock and
Abby Schuft, Extension Educator, Poultry
History of avian influenza
Researchers found highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 1878. They discerned it from other poultry diseases that shared a high death rate. Current evidence suggests...
The American Feed Industry Association, in partnership with Feedstuffs and the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association (USPOULTRY), named Sanderson Farms' Collins, Miss., plant as its 2021 Integrator Feed Facility of the Year (FFY). Gary Huddleston, AFIA's director of feed...
Berdex, a global manufacturer of livestock trailers, has announced the expansion of Berdex manufacturing capabilities from the Netherlands to the United States, and specifically to Ames, Iowa. Ames will now serve as Berdex USA’s U.S. headquarters.
Berdex USA will be...
Awards recognize outstanding performance of wastewater treatment plants that operate at poultry and egg processing facilities
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) is accepting applications for the 2022 Clean Water Awards. The awards recognize outstanding performance of wastewater treatment plants...
Source: Oregon Capital
If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Missouri. The facility is located in Stoddard County, Missouri (Southeast Missouri) along the Mississippi flyway.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is...
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA's announcement to provide grant funding to expand meat and poultry processing facilities.
"AFBF appreciates USDA's efforts to increase competition in America's beef and poultry processing systems. Families continue to...
Source: USDA news release
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for February 2022 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates report.
To view the complete report, click here.
Iowa Poultry Association (IPA) awarded former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary of Agriculture and former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey with the Honorary Member award on February 16, 2022 at the IPA Issues Conference banquet held...
Avian influenza has been detected on a total of three southern Indiana commercial poultry farms, two in Dubois County and one in Greene County.
The first case incident in Dubois County resulted in depopulation of 29,000 turkeys. The second instance,...