Poultry
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Cover story: 4-H poultry is taking flight
Poultry numbers, breed diversity are on the rise in 4-H events across the state.
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Commentary: HSUS - wolves in sheep's clothing
In 2008, Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said, "when you consider any movement for social change, it's really got to be seen as a generational one.
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Farm and Food File: Alabama fried chicken - antitrust chief taking your calls
In a morning session of the May 21 U.S. Department of Justice-Department of Agriculture workshop on ag and antitrust enforcement, Alabama poultry grower Garry Staples told officials he expected "retaliation" from the firm he grows chickens for because of his participation in that event's discussion of poultry contracts.
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Farm and Food File: Why, oh why, couldn’t I have grown up to be a meatpacking executive?
Rare is the new year that begins without me wondering how I took a wrong turn on the road of life and became a writer rather than a highly paid, universally respected, heaven-bound meatpacking executive.
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USDA final rule to improve transparency and equity in poultry market
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration will publish a final rule tomorrow to increase fairness and equity in the poultry industry by amending regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to provide poultry growers with new information and improve transparency in poultry growing arrangements.
- Latest AI detection prompts BAH to remind producers of need for strict biosecurity Minnesota Board of Animal Health is reminding poultry producers and owners of backyard flocks to observe sound biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of AI.
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Ashby opens new USDA inspected poultry processing plant
Entrepreneurs Darrin and Trent Froemming are launching a sparkling, stainless steel, custom poultry processing plant that they hope will soon be processing over 200,000 birds per year.
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Benson plant generates power from turkey litter
The new turkey litter-fired power plant in Benson "... sits at the intersection of two national obsessions: an appetite for lean meat and a demand for alternative fuels.”
- Turkey growers sound off on new Fibrominn plant As you might expect, you’ll hear plenty of both pros and cons about the Fibrominn plant in Benson, and what it’s doing to the Minnesota turkey litter market.
- Egg processor hatching new products, fiscal growth It’s not every corporate annual meeting where shareholders walk into the meeting room to find the wonderful smell of omelets being prepared by a chef, and egg product samples placed on the tables.
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