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BREAKING NEWS: 6 killed from liquid nitrogen leak at Gainesville, Ga., poultry plant

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A liquid nitrogen leak at the Foundation Food Group poultry processing facility, formerly Prime Pak Foods,...

Glowlit Update – The World is Flattening

In his now famed book The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman argues that the competitive landscape between advanced and emerging markets has leveled out....

JBS & Pilgrim’s offer $100 bonus to employees to promote COVID-19 vaccination

GREELEY, Colo. — JBS USA and Pilgrim’s have announced they would provide a $100 incentive bonus to any U.S. team member who voluntarily chooses...

Hubbard celebrates 100 years of commitment to poultry breeding

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — In 1921 Ira Hubbard officially created the Hubbard Farms company in Walpole, New Hampshire. This was the very beginning of what...

Starbird Chicken announces new market openings

SAN FRANCISCO — Starbird Chicken has announced its largest equity fundraising round of $4 million, from current investors and industry insiders. This raise will...

Cobb completes first shipment to Jordan

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — After building a strong relationship with Saudi distributor Al-Watania Poultry, Cobb made history by completing its first shipment toJordan last...

Glowlit Update – Have the Cake and Eat It Too

In 1538, the Duke of Norfolk wrote a letter to Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to King Henry VIII. A plague had rampaged the...

Contract poultry producers to get additional assistance from USDA through CFAP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on Jan. 15 that USDA will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program...

Case Farms site reaches 1M hours without lost-time accident

CANTON, Ohio — Case Farms, a local poultry farming and processing group, achieved another safety milestone on Saturday, Nov. 21, after its Canton processing...

Glowlit Update – The Speculative Tail That Wags the Dog

On March 13th 1851, a farmer signed a contract promising to deliver 3,000 bushels of corn to Chicago that following June at one cent...

Cal-Maine to expand cage-free production in Kentucky

JACKSON, Miss. — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $40.1 million capital project to expand the company’s...

New app connects chicken litter suppliers, customers

GEORGETOWN, Del. — The Delmarva Chicken Association has launched a new, free mobile app, littr., designed to help growers anywhere on Delmarva who have...

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