Fighting Salmonella with Live Feed
US — According to researchers from Arkansas University, there is a new way to reduce Salmonella in poultry before they go to the processing plant: use probiotics instead of antibiotics for treatment of the birds.

How to: Stockpile Poultry Litter
US - The high price of commercial fertilizer has greatly increased the demand for poultry litter. According to James Parsons, Extension poultry agent with the Robeson County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, "a few years ago,...

Pilgrim’s Pride Themselves on 'Ecomagination'
US - Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation recently received an 'ecomagination' award for achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, waste solids, and water usage at its El Dorado, Arkansas facility.

Meat, Poultry Groups Against the SAVE Act
US - The meat, poultry and livestock sectors came together this week to inform Congress that the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act, introduced by Representative Heath Shuler and Senator Mark Pryor in November of 2007, would...

Lawmakers Plan Hearings on Poultry Industry After Newspaper Probe
US - U.S. Senate and House committees are planning hearings on worker safety in the poultry industry following a report by The Charlotte Observer on House of Raeford, congressional leaders and aides said.

Monthly US Turkey Hatchery Report
US - Turkey eggs in incubators up four per cent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

IPE / IFE Surpasses Attendance From Previous Year
ATLANTA — The 2008 International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo drew more than 20,000 people from more than 100 countries to see the latest products, services, and technology offered by 894 exhibitors.

Poultry industry responds
US - Poultry compaies in Oklahoma are fighting moves by the Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmonson calling for a ban on the use of poultry litter as fertilizer in the Illinois River watershed.

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler chicks placed up 3%, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Poultry Farmers Seek Help
GEORGIA - As the price of natural gas continues to rise, DeKalb County poultry farmers in Georgia in the US have called on the state for help.

Poultry Company Hits Back at Newspaper Allegations
US - US poultry processor House of Raeford Farms, Inc. is investigating allegations by the local newspaper, The Charlotte Observer, critical of the company's workplace safety practices and hiring programmes.

Veterinary College Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Poultry Virus as Human Cancer Treatment
US - Researchers on the Blacksburg and College Park, Maryland, campuses of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine have been awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to support innovative work that seeks to develop...

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

Peta Push Safeway to Better Practices
US - According to the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), following discussions about animal welfare and factory farming, supermarket giant Safeway has announced groundbreaking plans to improve conditions for some...

Egg Money Becomes Important Once More
US - Don’t be surprised to see hens scampering about farms and acreages these days - farm-fresh eggs are making a comeback.