California Questions Livestock Housing
CALIFORNIA, US - This week Californian farmers will vote on whether or not their egg laying hens should be given more spacious quarters to live in.

An Organic Alternative in Maryland
MARYLAND, US - Small farmers focus on the art of agriculture as much as the science, often raising flavorful heirloom breeds and, in the case of organic farmers, shunning the use of hormones, antibiotics and chemical pesticides. They build personal relationships...

Avian Flu Vaccine Patch Enters Phase 2
US - A new project which promises to provide immunity to the H5N1 strain of avian influenza will be administered with a simple patch. This week, Iomai Corporation, the company behind the product, announced that it has received approval from the Department...

A Long-Term Answer to H5N1
US - A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative...

Antibiotic Truths
US - For more than half a century, farmers have used numerous antibiotics to improve the health and productivity of pigs, chickens, cattle and other livestock.

Fibrowatt goes to Sampson County
US - Fibrowatt has decide not to build its poultry litter-to-energy power plant in Samson county rather than Duplin, much to the disappointment of many.

Arizona Signs up to 'Be Fair to Chickens'
US - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano this week signed a bill that will promote the fair treatment of chickens across Arizona.

Show Must Go On at Pilgrim's Pride
US - Pilgrim's Pride appears to have recovered from disaster, processing and preparing chicken again after 100 workers were arrested and dismissed by the company the previous day.

Disease Lab: Securing Safety in the Heartland
US - With a project of the magnitude of the $451 million National Bio and Agro-defense Facility, or NBAF, there are bound to be questions about what impact it will have on the community and region, including, "How safe is it to study animal diseases in...

Hot, Hot Egg Prices Begin to Cool
US - American egg prices are beginning to moderate again after the heavy Easter demand was magnified by farmers who held back on egg supplies.

Network of Lab Robotics Stop Livestock Disease
MANHATTAN - The US is preparing to protect itself against any future exotic animal diseases with a network of diagnostic laboratories. K-State is preparing itself also, with a showing of its latest lab robotics to the technicians of tomorrow.

ICE Targets Identity Theft at Poultry Plants in Five States
DALLAS - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the US Department of Justice and an array of other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, have arrested more than 280 foreign nationals employed at Pilgrim's Pride...

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler Chicks Placed Up 1 Percent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Chilling Chicken: Immersion or Dry-Air?
US - Chilling is an important step in processing poultry carcasses before marketing of the birds, and there are different ways to do it. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Richard B. Russell Research Center in Athens, Ga., recently...

Capturing Methane & Converting to Fertilizer
US - With the rising price of fertilisers in the US market, many farmers are seeking alternative means to cut their costs. Relief seems to be just round the corner in the form of a new technology that promises to capture and recycle gas emissions from...