USDA Sees Challenges For Egg, Beef, and Pork Sectors
US - USDA issued its latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Wednesday. The report suggested challenges and opportunities for the entire sector in the year ahead, reports Peter Shinn, Brownfield.

Cal-Maine Soars as Egg Profits Boil Over
US - Cal Maine Foos Inc. have recently reportd a five-fold increase in the last year due to a cracking egg market.

Feed Prices Whipping up a Perfect Storm
US - All those in hope of some relief on food prices this summer can think again as feed prices continue their relentless increase.

194,000 Eggs Laid for Food Bank
COLORADO, US - Morning Fresh Farms, alongside a couple of other Colorado egg operations have donated a whopping 194,000 eggs to the Food Bank for the Easter Holiday.

Additional Options Proposed for Animal Feeding Operation Rule
US - The US Environmental Protection EPA is proposing additional options to a 2006 proposal for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) under the Clean Water Act.

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

Salmonella for Easter
MISSOURI, US - The Missouri Department of Health is worried that the oncoming Easter season will lead to a sudden rise in Salmonella infections.

Pfizer Acquires Genomics Companies
NEW YORK, US - Pfizer Animal Health today announced it will acquire two market-leading livestock genomics companies.

Air-Chilled Chicken: A Taste of Things to Come
US - A new label may be about to hit supermarket stores after claims that air-chilled chicken has a greater taste than the usual water chilled chicken.

Poultry Does its Own Thing on DeLand Farm
US - There's a reason people say someone is a "good egg" -- a good egg is very good.

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.

Genetic Signpost Points Way to Poultry and Human Cures
US - The old adage ‘a bird in hand is worth two in the bush’ may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the...

Large Chicken Farms Ruffle Feathers
US - The poultry industry in Somerset County in Maine is due to meet the county commissioners this week to discuss ongoing problems with large chicken farms in the county.

Weekly Outlook: Focus On Soybean Oil
Grain and oilseed prices have been in a sharp up trend since the fall of 2007. Some of the price strength is clearly related to “traditional” supply and demand factors. These include large-picture items of increasing demand, reduced world wheat production,...

Pilgrim's Pride Fly Away from Poultry Problems
PITTSBURG, US - Having just announced its departure from the turkey sector, Pilgrim's Pride has now issued a press release confirming the closure of one chicken processing plant and six of its 13 distribution centres across the United States.

Poultry Producers Win Lawsuit Against OK Monopoly
ARKANSAS, US - After five long years embroiled in a class action law suit about 300 poultry farmers in LeFlore County, Arkansas, won a $21.1 million award against OK Industries for violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

Big Giblet Recall Down in Alabama
WASHINGTON, US - 943,000 pounds of poultry meat has been recalled from a plant in Collinsville, Alabama, after suspicions were raised that the disposition of the giblets had been made improperly.

A Nanotechnology Biosensor for Salmonella Detection
US - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published a handbook called the Bad Bug Book which provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins.

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

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.