Sunday, June 21, 2026

Poultry Today

Tending to the farm: Big chicken gets bigger

ATLANTA — If the Midwest is America's breadbasket, then the Southeast is the nation's chicken bucket. Through the second half of the 20th century, chicken...

Sanderson Farms receives 2016 Clean Water Award

Kinston, N.C. — Sanderson Farms' Kinston, N.C., facility was recently awarded the 2016 Clean Water Award by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association for...

S.C. farm exports challenged by strengthening dollar, Clemson experts say

CLEMSON, S.C. — Already feeling the pressure of drought, last year’s historic flood and low commodity prices, South Carolina’s number one industry could be...

Rabobank: Avian influenza concerns rise again

UTRECHT, The Netherlands — The outlook for the global poultry industry in 2017, which is generally positive, is now being challenged by a new...

New USDA app protects cattle from heat stress

WASHINGTON — USDA's Agricultural Research Service has launched a new smartphone application ("app") that forecasts conditions triggering heat stress in cattle. The app is...

AFIA and KSU to offer online feed manufacturing course

WASHINGTON — The American Feed Industry Association, in partnership with Kansas State University, will host a distance education program that provides an in-depth understanding...

Decline in meat protein consumption raising public health concern

By Blair Fannin Special to Poultry Times COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A 14 percent decline in U.S. consumer meat consumption during the past decade has caused...

Americans to eat 1.33 billion chicken wings for Super Bowl

WASHINGTON — Americans' consumption of the unofficial staple of Super Bowl Sunday — the chicken wing — is projected to hit 1.33 billion wings,...

Making a New Year’s resolution? Campaign provides public with tools for weight loss

By Katie Keiger Poultry Times staff kkeiger@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Obesity is one of the most prevalent diseases in first world countries, and American's are aware of...

Corn yields are being forecast at record numbers

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times staff dstrickland@poultrytimes.com WASHINGTON — Higher yields of corn are giving the grain record high projections from the USDA. In its November "Feed...

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