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Carnes family is the 2021 APEA Poultry Farm Family of the Year
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Carnes family is the 2021 APEA Poultry Farm Family of the Year

  • By Caleb Hicks Alabama Poultry & Egg Association Photo: Caleb Hicks/APEA Marshall County, Ala., pullet producers Mike and Regina Carnes were named the Alabama Poultry & Egg Association’s 2021 Poultry Farm Family of the Year. The family has nine houses where they grow pullets for Koch Foods of Gadsden.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mike Carnes worked for Monsanto five years before, in 1981, he built four breeder houses with his wife, Regina, in the Horton community of Alabama.

Management practices to encourage hens to lay in nests

Management practices to encourage hens to lay in nests

  • By Tommy Walker Cobb-Vantress Photo: Special When tunnel ventilating, air velocity along the sidewalls may be as much as 10 percent less than the average air velocity in the center of the house. Higher temperatures, particularly during summer months, are observed over the slats and on the back side of the nest.

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — One of the most challenging management responsibilities facing a pare…

Purdue Agricultural Biological Engineering program ranked No. 1

Purdue Agricultural Biological Engineering program ranked No. 1

  • Photo: Tom Campbell/Purdue Purdue University Agricultural and Biological Engineering students in front of the new ABE Building, which opened this year.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) und…

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What Sustainability Means to Chicken Farmers

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The environmental impact of chicken production has decreased by 50% since 1965. This improvement in environmental impact has gone hand-in-hand with improving bird health and welfare. Get to know a few chicken farmers who are running sustainable chicken farms and see how they use innovative t…

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