Sunday, November 1, 2026

Poultry Today

Cobb Global Conference kicks off 100 year celebration

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — Leading figures in the global poultry industry recently took part in the week-long Cobb-Vantress Inc. 5th Distributor Conference in Boston,...

Amid drought, California working toward safety, conservation

By Gillan Ritchie Poultry Times staff gritchie@poultrytimes.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California continues to struggle with its severe drought, which is now in its fourth year. Livingston, home...

Wayne Farms donates $175K to Auburn

OAKWOOD, Ga. — Wayne Farms LLC, the sixth-largest vertically integrated poultry producer in the U.S., has pledged $175,000 to the construction of a state-of-the-art...

Ronnie Parker elected NCPF president

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Ronnie Parker of Circle-S-Ranch was elected president of the North Carolina Poultry Federation during the group's 48th annual meeting here in...

Tests on ducks shot by hunters could provide a bird flu early warning

The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Wildlife managers in the upper Midwest expect the first results soon from tests that could provide an early warning on...

Tyson Foods increases pay at chicken plants

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. is increasing hourly pay at most of its U.S. chicken plants, company officials reported Oct. 23. The move...

Purdue food safety technology ready for commercial development

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Quality control facilities in the food industry and the federal government can use new technology developed by a team of...

Labor Department files lawsuits against Pilgrim’s Pride

ATLANTA — Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. systematically discriminated against qualified African-American applicants seeking entry-level jobs as laborers and operatives at its chicken plant in Marshville,...

Tyson notes donation milestone

ROGERS, Ark. — In honor of donating 100 million pounds of protein since 2000 and its renewed commitment to ending hunger, Tyson Foods Inc....

ERS: Prices, production impacted from HPAI outbreaks

By David B. Strickland Poultry Times staff dstrickland@poultrytimes.com WASHINGTON — The impact of this year's highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks continues to be factored into how it...

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