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Perdue Farms continues increased measures to protect employees during COVID-19 pandemic

SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Farms has announced that it remains focused on the health and safety of its associates, farmers, customers, consumers, communities, and...

Takeout food is a low-risk meal option

By Cal Powell Special to Poultry Times ATHENS, Ga. — As restaurant owners have moved to food delivery and curbside takeout services in response to coronavirus...

Foster Farms donates 2M servings to COVID-19 hunger relief efforts

LIVINGSTON, Calif. — Foster Farms is partnering with food banks to help provide more than 2 million meals to families impacted by the economic...

Maple Leaf Foods suspends operations at Ontario poultry plant

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. President and CEO Michael McCain on April 8 issued a statement to update the company's efforts to...

USDA confirms H7N3 avian influenza in a S.C. commercial turkey flock

WASHINGTON — The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza (HPAI) in a...

Iowa State dedicates poultry teaching and research farm

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University dedicated its new Robert T. Hamilton Poultry Teaching and Research Farm, south of Ames on March 5. The hallmarks...

Duvall: Yes, There are COVID-19 impacts on agriculture

By Zippy Duvall Special to Poultry Times WASHINGTON — Some say these recent weeks (late March, early April) are when the coronavirus outbreak and business closures...

AFBF: coronavirus impacting dairy, cattle ranches and grain futures

WASHINGTON — From dairy farmers with nowhere to send their milk and cattle ranchers reeling from plummeting beef prices, the impact of the coronavirus...

U.S. poultry industry fulfilling its role as ‘essential’ during crisis

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times editor dstrickland@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — During this unprecedented time of health crisis stemming from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the nation’s poultry...

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