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An interview with Kalen Cookson, DVM, MAM, Director of Clinical Research, Zoetis

Environment Secretary George Eustice unveils plans to end excessively long journeys for animals exported for slaughter and fattening.

China’s Administration for Market Regulation now requires imported cold-chain food products to undergo a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 before any products can be sold in China.

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, expects its export volume to rise by up to 70 percent in 2020 due to higher sales of poultry to Asia and the Middle East.

Broiler breeders fed twice a day were calmer and laid more eggs

A new report from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) says that the UK veterinary profession is facing a triple threat from COVID-19, Brexit and exotic disease.

Aviagen® has just released a Brief entitled, “The importance of nutrition on egg shell quality in broiler breeders.”

The cost of a classic Thanksgiving Day dinner has gone down slightly

US President Donald J. Trump continued the time-honored White House tradition of officially pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on Tuesday, November 24. He and the First Lady also took the opportunity to wish Ame…

News of a new COVID-19 vaccine immediately raises the question of how best to allocate the first batches of doses when they become available.

A new article published by PNAS suggests that slaughterhouses across the United States acted as COVID-19 transmission vectors and accelerated the spread of the virus in the communities that surrounded them.

A new report from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) finds that the USDA's oversight of large slaughterhouses is lacking, leading to widespread mistreatment of birds.

Major food-producing countries are growing increasingly irritated with China’s scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus.

Consultancy firm GlobalData says that JBS, BRF and other meat manufacturers need to address environmental negligence claims before retailers cut ties altogether.

Brazil’s JBS SA reiterated its plans to grow production capacity in Brazil and the US after posting robust third-quarter results.

With less than eight weeks before the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK Farming Roundtable has stressed the critical importance of getting new agricultural policy right in the devolved nations.

UK turkey farmers report challenges sourcing seasonal staff to process birds in time for the Christmas rush.

Brazilian meat packing giant JBS SA reported a near nine-times increase in third-quarter net profit, beating market expectations.

A US meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing the state of New Mexico to fight an order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID-19.

Socially conscious investors rank Brazil’s meatpacking giants JBS and BRF as “medium” risk and Minerva as “high” risk, saying that the firms have yet to address key sustainability issues.