Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Poultry Today

National Safety Conference to feature best practices and new innovations

TUCKER, Ga. — The National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry gives poultry facility and safety professionals the necessary tools to help ensure the...

Food safety plans start with breeders

TUCKER, Ga. — The poultry industry is redefining how food safety is addressed. Salmonella continues to be the top foodborne pathogen associated to poultry...

July Fourth is for fireworks, not foodborne illness

WASHINGTON — Pull out the grill and your red, white, and blue because the Fourth of July is here. This means gatherings, outdoor festivities,...

The Poultry Federation selects Aviagen’s Hufford as industry leader of the year

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Poultry Federation recently selected Billy Hufford, North America business unit manager with Aviagen® as its 2022 “Industry Leader of the...

MPF Convention announces rebrand to the PEAK

BUFFALO, Minn. — The Midwest Poultry Federation Board of Directors has announced that after 51 years known as the Midwest show, the MPF Convention...

Perdue Foundation grant supports new educational duck pond

SALISBURY, Md. — A $2,500 grant from the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms, will help...

NCC: survey shows 81 percent want clearer labeling of plant-based ‘chicken’

WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council today announced findings from a recent national survey of Americans regarding consumer attitudes about chicken and plant-based “chicken”...

KFC offering its new ‘Finger Sporks’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All fingers point to KFC as the fried chicken chain unveils an innovative eating utensil that makes all your KFC favorites...

Penn State professor named Walther H. Ott professor in avian biology

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran, professor of reproductive biology in Pennsylvania State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named the Walther...

Patricia Curtis retiring as head of NCSU Department of Poultry Science

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transformative, transparent and fair are how colleagues describe Dr. Patricia Curtis, department head of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science. Curtis...

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