Weekly Outlook: Soybeans: Crush Slows, Exports Remain Large, And Basis Strengthens
US - A small U.S. soybean crop in 2003 resulted in a year-over-year decline in the domestic soybean crush. Since then, the size of the domestic crush has grown each year, from 1.53 billion bushels in 2003-04 to 1.806 billion last year. For the 2007-08...

VPA Spend $10.5 Million on Feed Storage
US - The Virginia Poultry Association have reduced their feed costs by opening up a new grain storage facility worth $10.5 million, which they say will ultimately save money on the transportation of corn.

US Industry Backs Petition to Relax Ethanol Mandate
US – The US poultry industry has backed a call from Texas Governor Rick Perry for a 50 per cent waiver from the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) mandate for ethanol produced from grain.

US Egg Prices Soar
US - Prices of eggs in America are soaring up at the moment. Many producers such as Nancy Smith, co-owner of the Cackle Hatchery in Lebanon, say that they are having their best year ever.

CAFO's Milk Millions Off Taxpayer
WASHINGTON, US - Science group calls for Policies that Reduce CAFO Subsidies and Encourage Modern, Sustainable Meat, Milk and Egg Production.

Study: Eggs Keep Away Breast Cancer
OHIO, US - A recent study which is yet to be published claims that eggs help reduce the risk of breast cancer, due to a secret nutrient.

AICR Calls on US to Slash Red Meat and Eggs
WASHINGTON, US - Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) say Americans can’t afford to wait any longer to make a cancer-protective shift in their eating habits. The evidence linking red meat to colon cancer is now so strong it should...

An Antimicrobial Crisis
US - An older woman feeding several chickens running around in her yard appeared on the screen.

Sanderson Farms New Poultry Complex in North Carolina
US - US integrated poultry producer, Sanderson Farms, is to build a new feed mill, poultry processing plant and hatchery in Kinston, North Carolina.

Fibrowatt Names Second Power Plant
US - Fibrowatt vice president, Terry Walmsley, named the second site for its poultry-litter-to-power plant at the International Biomass Conference & Trade Show.

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler Chicks Placed Down Slightly, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Peta Offer a Million for In Vitro Meat
US - The animal welfare organisation, PETA, have offered a $1 million reward to the first scientist to produce and bring to market in vitro meat. They say that the technology will relieve animal suffering and put an end to slaughter.

Tyson Appeals Chicken Advertising Injunction
US - US poultry giant, Tyson Foods, is to fight a court order preventing then from using the phrase "Raised Without Antibiotics" in their advertising.

USDA Discusses Poultry Improvement Plan
US - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced that it will hold a meeting regarding the national poultry improvement plan on the fifth of June.

March Egg Production Down 2 Percent
US - U.S. egg production totaled 7.68 billion during March 2008, down 2 percent from last year, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).