Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Poultry Today

MPF announces its 2016 education program schedule

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The 2016 Midwest Poultry Federation Convention has announced a comprehensive education program, featuring more than 40 speakers from across the...

Bringing up biofuel

By Rosalie Bliss Special to Poultry Times BELTSVILLE, Md. — The idea of replacing fossil-based fuel with a renewable source of sustainable energy is enough to...

Attic inlet ventilation: Lessons learned

By National Poultry Technology Center Special to Poultry Times AUBURN, Ala. — The need to reduce fuel use in modern poultry housing is unquestionable. There are...

Wayne Farms plant in Laurel, Miss., to lay off 500

The Associated Press LAUREL, Miss. — Wayne Farms LLC of Oakwood, Ga., says its Laurel, Mississippi, plant will close its deboning lines and lay off...

Backyard chickens — less healthy than you think?

By Sean Nealon Special to Poultry Times RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Backyard chickens may not live as good of a life as most people think. Researchers at the...

USPOULTRY plans education-packed year

TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is sponsoring 14 poultry-related seminars and workshops during the 2016 year. The programs, which cover...

Bachoco acquires U.S. fully-cooked facility

CELAYA, Mexico — Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico's leading producer and processor of poultry and other food products, announced it has reached an...

HPAI continues assault on world poultry flocks

By Barbara Olejnik Poultry Times staff bolejnik@poultrytimes.com GAINESVILLE, Ga. — France continues to battle outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry flocks in the southwestern part...

USDA: Demand for agriculture graduates on the rise across the nation

By Jeffrey H. Dorfman Special to Poultry Times ATHENS, Ga. — Many parents and children today worry about both what college costs and whether after spending...

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