TUCKER, Ga. — Animal welfare issues, regulatory burdens, food safety concerns, the ongoing need for future leaders in our industry … all of these areas can be formidable when you consider the challenges confronting the poultry and egg industry.
However, our industry has confronted and overcome many related, difficult challenges throughout the years. In fact, as part of USPOULTRY’s 75th anniversary this year, I recently looked back at when some of our legacy programs were initiated, including our first research project funded at Auburn University on Gumboro disease in 1963. I found that the research program, while certainly revised, adjusted and. . .