A month after a blockbuster deal was announced, a company that is in the process of purchasing Sanderson Farms has put its poultry-processing property in Laurel up for sale.
The Wayne Farms plant in Laurel is being sold, company spokesman...
Shows the U.S. broiler chicken industry's carbon footprint declined 18% for every kilogram of bird produced from 2010 to 2020.
The National Chicken Council (NCC) today released its inaugural sustainability report. The report provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. chickens...
The conversion of secondary protein nutrients continues to be a subject of importance for industry professionals. This year’s Poultry Protein & Fat Seminar will review the latest technology and management techniques in the poultry and egg industry rendering sector....
The Joint Poultry Industry Safety and Health Council recently recognized chicken and turkey facilities for 25 years of exceptional safety performance. The companies were honored for their continued commitment to a safety-first focus.
The award signifies a quarter century of...
The House Agriculture Committee will consider its portion of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package this Friday. The budget resolution instructs the Agriculture Committee to add $89.1 billion in spending over the years 2022-2030.
The budget resolution assumes the committee...
With nearly 2.5 million employed in an industry that produces 1.1 billion broilers per year, Egypt’s poultry industry is booming. Because of its dry climate, however, the country’s production levels are heavily reliant on producers’ ability to use resources...
Reprinted from: PoultryHealthToday.com
Attention to detail is vital when it comes to ensuring that spray vaccinations against respiratory diseases such as infectious bronchitis are as effective as they can possibly be, according to a poultry health expert.
Brian Jordan, associate professor...
Source: Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Broilers seems a shoo-in to acquire the Simple Essentials facility in Charles City, Iowa, in the United States. The company operated a chicken plant in Charles City until August of 2019 when it shut the factory...
Today, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture expressed its recommendations for a resilient, diverse and secure meat processing system. Specifically, NASDA commented that flexible funding for solutions to workforce shortages and processing infrastructure investments for small to...
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Publication of USDA performance standards prompted some poultry company customers to refuse product from processing plants in Category 3, according to participants at a food safety roundtable.
When USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) results were initially...