Unravelled Chicken Genome Unarms Marek's disease
US - Researchers in Michigan, Delaware and Texas are using the chicken genome sequence to develop vaccines to combat Marek's disease, a highly contagious, cancer-causing viral disease which costs the poultry industry $1 billion a year worldwide. USDA's...

Sanderson Predicts a Shrinking Chicken World
CHICAGO, US - The chicken industry will see a consolidation process, small producers will be pushed out by big industry players and chicken farms around the country will slowly disappear, or at least this is the view of Joe Sanderson, Sanderson Farms...

Poultry Litter Hearing Completed
US - The judge does not rule immediately on the state's request for a preliminary injunction.

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 1 Percent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Ethanol: The Fuel of Meat and Poultry Prices
US - The soaring meat and poultry prices are being fueled by the US ethanol policy drive, says the preliminary results of a recent analysis.

Space Shuttle Studies Danger of Salmonella
US - An unlikely study is being carried out on an American space shuttle, Endeavor, to try and determine why bacteria such as Salmonella are more likely to cause disease in space.

International Egg and Poultry Review
US - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry.

Production Prospects Will Become the Focus in Crop Markets
By Darrel Good, Extension Economist, University of Illinois.

Pilgrim's Pride Leaves Turkey Sector Behind
US - The world's largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride, has announced that it is selling up a turkey production facility in New York due to disappointing movement in the sector.

Poultry Waste Hearing Wraps Up Seventh Day
US - An environmental engineer says officials shouldn't focus on poultry litter as the only pollutant in the Illinois River watershed.

US Egg Producers Donate 12 Million Eggs
US - According to recent research by USDA, 12.6 million American households are food insecure, finding it difficult to provide enough food for their family members.

The Sun Sets on Sunrise Feed Mill
US - Viterra, a livestock feed marketing company, has said that it is pleased to announce that Unifeed Hi-Pro Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary doing business as Hi-Pro Feeds has concluded its purchase of Sunrise Feed, LLC in Cheyenne and Elk City, Okl...

National Breeders Roundtable Set for May
ATLANTA - The 57th Annual National Breeders Roundtable is to be held on 8-9 in St Louis.

The Cancer Fighting Robots in Salmonella
US – Neil Forbes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year grant of more than $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to research killing cancer tumors with Salmonella bacteria. Forbes turns the bacteria into tiny terminator...

Room to Roost in Iowa
IOWA, US - Iowa turkey production increased between 1996 and 2006 and has the potential for more growth, according to a report on the industry produced by the Iowa State University economics department.