Poultry Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

World Poultry - News: US Ag Sec reports record US farm exports for 2011
www.worldpoultry.net | 2 hours 3 minutes ago
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has made the following statement regarding data showing U. farm exports reached a record $136.3 billion in calendar year 2011:

Turkeys and waterfowl added to 'at risk' list
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 13, 2012
Turkeys and waterfowl have, for the first time, been added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's poultry breeds "at risk" list, increasing the chances of them benefiting from the organisation's conservation work.

12N29: Making the Most of Your Flocks and Forages: Free Sheep Event in Yorkshire Dales - SAC
www.sac.ac.uk | Feb 10, 2012
Home: 12N29: Making the Most of Your Flocks and Forages: Free Sheep Event in Yorkshire Dales: SAC (Scottish Agricultural College) is an innovative, knowledge-based organisation supporting the development of rural communities and industries.

MSD Recruits Production Specialist to Support Paracox 5
www.thepoultrysite.com | Feb 10, 2012
UK & IRELAND - Andy Payne has been appointed by MSD Animal Health to manage the successful introduction of Paracox 5 coccidiosis vaccination programmes with UK and Ireland broiler producers.

Patricia Foreman Talks With, June Stoyer, Host Of “The Organic View Radio Show” February 9, 2012 |
www.prlog.org | Feb 9, 2012
Patricia Foreman Talks With, June Stoyer, Host Of “The Organic View Radio Show” February 9, 2012. Chicken expert, Patricia Foreman, discusses her best-selling book, City Chicks: Keeping Micro-flocks of Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-recyclers and Local Food Suppliers, with host,

Cotton at Carrathool - Weekly Times Now
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au | Feb 8, 2012
BY PLANE, it takes Bruce Armstrong about 40 minutes to go around his lambing ewes each day.

Buyers can swoop into Harrison & Hetherington bird sale - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Jan 30, 2012
BIRDS from across the UK will go under the hammer in Carlisle next month.

NPPC Opposes Hen Housing Legislation | Animal Well-Being content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | Jan 27, 2012
< p > & nbsp; < /p > < p > The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has criticized congressional legislation introduced Monday that would prescribe cage sizes for egg-laying hens, saying it would create a & ldquo;dangerous precedent & rdquo; in allowing the federal government to regulate on-farm

New Agreement on Organic Fertiliser Control
www.thepigsite.com | Jan 26, 2012
IRELAND - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have, following discussions with representatives of the pig and poultry industry, agreed on a new approach for the control and management of pig and poultry manure from Integrated

PigProgress - News: Foot and Mouth Disease in Taiwan
www.pigprogress.net | Jan 25, 2012
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported that Taiwan was hit with Foot and Mouth Disease.