Poultry - General
Tyson registered several trademarks for plant-based products and the company needs no capital to compete with likes of Beyond Meat.
The hit television show and book series Game of Thrones has more connections to agriculture than one would think for a fantasy series that features dragons and ice zombies.
Six consumers shared their meat purchasing habits, including how much price, taste, appearance, animal welfare, antibiotics and labeling claims matter during the opening session of the Animal Ag Alliance’s Summit.
According to a report from the United Nations, meat production is expected to fall for the first time in two decades because of pork production declines. Thee is still expected to be growth in chicken and beef.
A bill has recently been signed into law in Oklahoma that will prohibit deceptive or misleading labeling of meat products, and in essence prevents cell cultured or plant based products from using meat terms.
Missouri senators are advancing legislation to block local officials from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does.
Measures advancing in the Missouri Legislature would limit the scope of rules that local governments can slap on large animal feeding operations.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ignoring concerns over fecal contamination of chicken and other meat.
The food giant won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming misleading advertising, but not before revealing what goes into its products.
Farmers, ranchers and industry groups went to social media to spread the word that National Ag Day was happening on March 14.
The Iowa Legislature has sent to the governor a bill designed to prosecute people who get hired at a livestock farm in order to record animal living conditions.
A farmer and a farm worker are on probation after applying liquid manure onto a field that resulted in runoff into a nearby stream. The farm was fined $50,000.
U.S. red meat exports had a strong finish to the third quarter, according to data compiled by USDA agencies (Foreign Agriculture Service and the Economic Research Service).
Overall chicken industry profitability so far this year, when adjusted for the mix of products produced has been slightly better than 2016, which was not a good year and far below 2017’s.
Major poultry and meat companies are starting to resume operations in the Carolinas as the torrential rains and flooding unleashed by Hurricane Florence start to subside.
Foodborne illnesses is a big problem, but a Purdue University study shows few people use thermometers in cooking meat. Celebrity chefs have a role in educating consumers to use proper cooking temperatures.
For Chris Smith, whose North Carolina farm is home to 30,000 chickens and 150 acres of sweet potatoes, the fight to survive Hurricane Florence is not yet over.
You can no longer say “bring home the bacon” or “be the guinea pig” according to an animal rights group because it belittles animals.