Thursday, May 7, 2026

Poultry Today

ATRP and USPOULTRY partner on safety conference

TUCKER, Ga. — The Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association have announced...

USDA planting report forecasts slightly bigger corn crop

WASHINGTON — A crop report issued March 28 by USDA indicates that U.S. farmers are preparing to plant 97.3 million acres of corn, one...

Coalition urges U.S., other countries to welcome Japan to trade talks

WASHINGTON — A coalition of food and agricultural organizations and companies is urging the United States and other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu

The Associated Press BEIJING — Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the...

Products recalled for possible E. coli contamination

WASHINGTON — Rich Products Corp. of Buffalo, N.Y., is recalling approximately 196,222 pounds of frozen chicken quesadilla and various other heat treated, not fully...

Koch Foods to create 750 new jobs at Georgia facility

ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal has announced that Koch Foods will expand its poultry processing facility in Hamilton, Ga., creating 750 new jobs and...

USPOULTRY launches app

TUCKER, Ga. — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has launched an app with iTunes and on the Android market. Titled, USPOULTRY, the app is a free...

Study looks at why chickens overeat

EDINBURGH, Scotland — The welfare of poultry could be improved by a discovery about how chickens regulate their appetites. University of Edinburgh scientists have identified...

6,000 chicks die in fire at Perdue facility

The Associated Press POCOMOKE CITY, Md. — Officials at Perdue Farms say 6,000 chicks were killed in a fire at its research facility near Pocomoke...

Calif. farmers team up to convert sugar beets to ethanol

The Associated Press FIVE POINTS, Calif. — Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant...

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