Monday, April 6, 2026

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Cal-Maine acquiring Echo Lake Foods for $258M

RIDGELAND, Miss. — Cal-Maine Foods announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Echo Lake Foods for approximately $258 million, excluding expected...

More than 600 ingredients drive $51.7B pet food sales, IFEEDER report shows

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) unveils a new report that quantifies the hundreds of safe ingredients used in...

UPDATE: counter-tariff announcements on U.S. goods

WASHINGTON – The ongoing trade-war continues to grow a week after the announcement of these reciprocal tariffs. Update: April 9, President Trump announced on Truth...

Alltech awarded four new EcoVadis sustainability medals

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alltech has been awarded four new medals from EcoVadis, a globally recognized provider of business sustainability assessments. Alltech notes that these medals...

Sundaily breaks ground for China’s largest single-site cage-free egg facility

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — One of the world’s largest egg producers, Sundaily, has broken ground on what it touts to be China’s largest individual location...

Auburn University researchers leading nutrient management study with $1.3 million grant

AUBURN, Ala. — Each year, the Alabama poultry industry produces two fully loaded Nimitz-class aircraft carriers’ worth of poultry litter, or about 3.6 billion...

Egglife Foods named to Bain & Co.’s ‘Insurgent Brands List’

CHICAGO — Egglife Foods Inc. has been named to Bain & Company’s 2025 Insurgent Brands List. The list identifies companies that are redefining growth...

Kemin Industries launches new feed pathogen control product

SINGAPORE — Kemin Industries launched a new feed pathogen control solution, Prosidium, recently at VIV Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. Designed to help raw material and...

USPOULTRY and Foundation approve $380K in new research grants

TUCKER, Ga. — The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the USPOULTRY Foundation have approved $380,000 for four new research grants at four institutions...

Rabobank: Global poultry markets are strong, but geopolitical tensions could shake things up

UTRECHT, the Netherlands — According to RaboResearch’s latest animal protein report, global poultry trade is expected to remain strong amid relatively tight global protein...

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