Iowa Poultry Association held elections for their board of directors in June 2020. The election resulted in the re-election of Dr. Craig Rowles (Iowa Cage Free) and Nathan Stanton (ILC Resources) to another 4-year term to the board of...
The American Feed Industry Association has honored Woo Kyun Kim, Ph.D., with the annual AFIA-Poultry Science Association (PSA) Poultry Nutrition Award.
"Dr. Kim's breadth of experience and research in the area of gut health make him an excellent recipient of...
TBG, a global leader in poultry equipment and hatchery solutions announced last week that it will combine the operations of its Jamesway and Chick Master businesses.
The move, to be completed by March of 2021, will establish a new combined...
he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced improvements to the functionality and appearance of two types of export certificates issued for human food products exported from the U.S. Beginning June 29, 2020, the "Certificate to a Foreign Government"...
Hundreds of Tyson Foods employees from a plant in Noel, Missouri have tested positive for COVID-19.
On Friday, Tyson Foods released the results of COVID-19 testing at its plant in Noel. near the southwest Missouri state line.
According to a news...
Chicken is the most consumed protein in the United States. According to the National Chicken Council, the U.S. produced more than 9.2 billion broiler chickens in 2019. US consumers spent more than 95 billion dollars on chicken products.
All these...
Source: PoultryHealthToday.com
By Tom Tabler, PhD
Extension Professor
Mississippi State University Extension Service, Poultry Science Department
Mississippi State, MS
I read with great interest the article by Larry Rueff, DVM, about the effects of COVID-19 on the folks that grow and process our food....
Pullets: Alternative Methods to Delay Onset of Lay - The commercial table egg industry has access to genetic strains of laying hens that mature early and will produce eggs efficiently with a long persistence of lay. The table egg industry...
How Composting Works
When done correctly, there are few disadvantages to composting manure from your backyard flock; however, there will be some loss of nitrogen, and the process takes time and labor. Additionally, if compost is repeatedly spread on the...
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Tip 12
Wet setter floors are often seen in hatcheries.