Saturday, June 13, 2026

Poultry Today

Smithfield Foods to purchase Cargill dry sausage facility

SMITHFIELD, Va. — Smithfield Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a premier dry sausage production facility in Nashville, Tenn., from Cargill....

USPOULTRY provides course on safe response to HPAI events

TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is offering a new training course entitled, “The Safe Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.” The...

Meet Wayne-Sanderson’s new AI secret weapon

OAKWOOD, Ga. — Wayne-Sanderson Farms is introducing Sandy, the Chatbot. Sandy is a new feature that has been added to their website. According to the...

NCPA & IEC announce Mindy Larsen as new CEO

URBANDALE, Iowa — The North Central Poultry Association (NCPA) and the Iowa Egg Council (IEC) have announced Mindy Larsen as their new chief executive...

HPAI detected in Iowa dairy cattle herd

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa and the USDA confirmed a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in O’Brien County,...

NPFDA announces its 2024 scholarship recipients

ST. MARYS, Ga. — The National Protein & Food Distributors Association’s Scholarship Foundation has awarded scholarships to eight outstanding students from a vast number...

The effects of bird flu in pets and other mammals

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Avian Influenza has been a concern for everyone since early spring. Bird flu is predominantly found in wild fowl and other...

Yingxin Zhao awarded Aviagen/CPRC Poultry Science Scholarship

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Aviagen® announces that University of Alberta graduate student Yingxin Zhao is this year’s recipient of the Poultry Science Scholarship. Part of...

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