Thanksgiving Woes of Kansas Turkey Producers
KANSAS, US - Some turkey producers call Kansas home but the businesses face obstacles, even in the run-up to Thanksgiving

International Egg and Poultry Review: Turkey Production
GLOBAL - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This week's report focuses on global turkey and meat production and trade.

VLA Warns Hobby Farmers about Infectious Bronchitis
UK - There has been another outbreak of infectious bronchitis virus caused by the QX strain, according to September's Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA). Backyard flock owners and suppliers are...

Warning of Traditional Christmas Turkeys Shortage
UK - With reduced placing of turkey poults on farms this summer there could well be a shortage of traditional Christmas turkeys, forecasts leading UK producer, Paul Kelly.

Maple Leaf Foods Moves into Profit
CANADA - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has reported its financial results for the third quarter ending 30 September 2009. Despite a four per cent decline in sales, net earnings were more than C$22 million following a net loss last year.

New Biomass Plant Turns Turkey Poop into Power
MICHIGAN, US - A Howard City grain feed mill is now converting turkey litter into steam, electricity and fertilizer with a $3 million alternative commercially based biomass energy plant developed by a small Kentwood company, Heat Transfer Internation...

RTC Weight Down Four Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a four per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for September 2009.

Sudden Egg Drop Was Sign of H1N1 in Ontario Turkeys
CANADA - Further details have emerged of the case of influenza A H1N1 in turkeys in Ontario, announced last week. A sudden drop in egg production in the breeders was the signal of the virus; mortality was only slightly raised.

CME: Overall Decline in Red Meat and Poultry Supplies
US - Steve Meyer and Len Steiner, in their Daily Livestock Report for 22 October, write that USDA yesterday released the results of its monthly cold storage survey.

H1N1 Flu Infects Turkeys in Canada
ONTARIO, CANADA - Turkeys in one house on an Ontario farm have been found to be infected with the influenza A H1N1 virus. Authorities are reminding the public that food safety is not at risk. Turkey workers are recommended to get immunised against the...

Meetings Scheduled on Interstate Meat Shipments
US - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan has announced public meetings on the proposed regulations on co-operative inspection programmes on the inter-state shipment of meat and poultry products.

Monthly US Turkey Hatchery Report
US - According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), turkey eggs in incubators went down ten per cent and seven per cent fewer poults were hatched during September than the same month in 2008.

Congress Commended for Allowing Chinese Imports
US - National Turkey Federation (NTF) and its membership commend Congress for passing a 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that creates an opportunity for China to export poultry to the United States.

CME: Current Situation Index in August Down
US - One sector that will have to improve before meat demand in general and beef and chicken demand in particular improve is restaurants — and the monthly Restaurant Performance Index from the National Restaurant Association (NRA) says that is not...

NASDA Plans to Help Producers
US - The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has put forward a plan to take extra dairy, pork and poultry supplies off the market to help producers.

Spiking Mortality and Rickets Reported by VLA
UK - According to VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for August 2009, spiking mortality syndrome caused an increase in mortality among young broilers, and a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium was blamed for the deaths of 20 per cent of...

RTC Weight Down Three Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a three per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for August 2009.

Call for Data on Antibiotic Use in Animals
US - Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Chair of the House Committee on Rules, asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review federal efforts to collect data on antibiotic use in animals.

Barbadian Industry Suffers from Cheap Meat Imports
BARBADOS - The poultry industry is blaming its present difficulties on the import of turkey wings duty-free.

CME: August Sees Increase in Broiler and Turkey Prices
US - USDA’s Economic Research Service released its monthly estimates of average retail prices of meat and poultry in August earlier this week, reports Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Monthly US Turkey Hatchery Report
US - According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), turkey eggs in incubators went down seven per cent and eight per cent fewer poults were hatched during August compared to the same month in 2008.

Forty Years of Service to be Celebrated
INDIANA, US - A Purdue University laboratory that has played an important role in identifying livestock diseases will celebrate its 40th anniversary Friday (11 September).

PETA Urges Tyson to Adopt Better Stunning Method
US - Welfare campaigners, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is urging Tyson Foods to adopt controlled atmosphere stunning (CAS) as a 'less cruel method' of slaughtering chicken and turkey.

RTC Weight Down Five Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a five per cent fall in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC) weights in their monthly Poultry Slaughter report for July 2009.

2010 Turkey Science and Production Conference
UK - The next Turkey Science and Production Conference will take place on 11 and 12 March 2010 at its usual venue near Macclesfield.