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USPOULTRY Foundation allocates $183,520 in student recruiting grants

TUCKER, Ga. — The USPOULTRY Foundation has approved student recruiting grants totaling approximately $183,520 to the six U.S. universities with poultry science departments and...

Cargill donates 2,000 holiday turkeys for distribution by food banks

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — For the 2013 holiday season, Wichita, Kansas-based Cargill Value Added Meats-Retail, which operates Cargill's U.S. turkey business, is donating 1,000 turkeys...

Farm Credit supports ‘Homegrown By Heros’ program for farmer veterans

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  — The Farm Credit System, a national network of cooperatives that provides financing and related services to agricultural producers, agribusinesses and rural...

Ozark Mountain Poultry reopens Arkansas plant

The Associated Press BATESVILLE, Ark. — Ozark Mountain Poultry has reopened a former Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant in Batesville. The plant will employ about 250...

Researchers develop machine for determining gender of chicken embryos

TUCKER, Ga. —  Researchers at the University of Delaware have successfully developed a first-generation prototype of an imaging system to determine fertilization and gender...

Butterball short on large, fresh turkeys

GARNER, N.S. — Butterball has notified its customers there is a shortage of large, fresh turkeys  available for Thanksgiving due to slow weight gains. The...

Poultry workers’ injury, illness rate at all-time low

WASHINGTON — The incidence of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in the poultry sector, which includes slaughter and processing, is at an all-time low, according...

Miss Georgia to make appearance at 2014 IPPE

TUCKER, Ga. — Miss Georgia, Carly Mathis, will be making an appearance at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta on Tuesday,...

NCC responds to ASPCA call for guideline changes

WASHINGTON — "The ASPCA's description of poultry production in the United States is not based on fact and in no way represents the realities...

Company recalls various raw products produced without inspection

WASHINGTON — Fran's Fryers of Milford, Texas, , is recalling approximately 251 pounds of various raw poultry products because they were produced without the...

Bird flu strain infects human for 1st time

The Associated Press LONDON — A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a...

Payments for conservation program ready following shutdown

WASHINGTON — Farmers waiting for their Conservation Security or Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) payments should receive them in the coming days. The shutdown of...

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