Tag: poultry
Thinking about backyard poultry?
eXtension features poultry production information for small- to medium-sized flocks.
Turkey will cost more at most Thanksgiving Day dinner tables
That Thanksgiving turkey dinner with all the fixin's will cost a teensy bit more than last year: 28 cents.
Farm Bureaus join W.Va. grower’s lawsuit against EPA discharge rule
American Farm Bureau and West Virginia Farm Bureau granted intervenor status in court case involving poultry grower and the EPA.
U.S. Senate introduces egg housing legislation backed by HSUS/UEP
WOOSTER, Ohio — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced legislation May 24 designed to increase the cage space given to egg-laying hens.
The bill, Senate...
Ohio man brings ‘hope chicks’ to Kenya, Africa
If you give a man an egg, he eats. If you give him an incubator and a hatchery, he hatches eggs. Those chicks grow, and with them the possibility of elevating Kenya, Africa, out of poverty.
Butler County, Pa., family loses barn and home to two...
CLEARFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Pennsylvania family is attempting to put their lives back together this week after two separate fires destroyed both their...
Cooper Farms installs wind power for cooked meats location in western...
VAN WERT, Ohio — Cooper Farms Cooked Meats has joined the wind-power movement, recently installing two 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. Power needs The turbines,...
USDA seeks to modernize poultry inspection in U.S.
WASHINGTON -- In a shift that will save money for businesses and taxpayers while improving food safety, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing a modernization of young chicken and turkey slaughter inspection in the U.S. by focusing FSIS inspection resources on the areas of the poultry production system that pose the greatest risk to food safety.
GIPSA finalizes rule designed to protect pork and poultry producers
GIPSA finalized a rule implementing the 2008 farm bill provisions to better protect livestock producers and poultry growers.
Local food movement is helping this local farmer make a living
Miller Livestock Co. is a family operation raising grass fed meat and eggs for families, restaurants.
