News & Updates

Despite significant price increases in recent years, leg quarters still appear cheaper on a relative basis to other animal proteins. ... read more

Dayton Town Manager Brian Borne tells council members Pitman Family Farms’ acquisition of Cargill’s turkey complex should be completed in March. ... read more

The situation had earlier been reported by the Delaware Department of Agriculture as a presumed positive case. ... read more

ATLANTA — The top 10 teams from the National FFA Poultry Evaluation and Food Science and Technology Career Development Events (CDEs) have been invited to attend the International Poultry Expo, which is part of the 2026 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE). This invitation reflects the USPOULTRY Foundation's ongoing effort to engage students in the poultry and egg industry, the association noted in its announcement. The students are being awarded ... read more

Silent auctions will take place on each day of the 2026 IPPE. ... read more

The company agreed to pay $5 million to the state and remove poultry litter from the Illinois River Watershed. ... read more

Having a plan and knowing it in advance of an outbreak can protect human health and safety. ... read more

Contaminated feed has been blamed for the discovery of metronidazole in poultry in the eastern European state. ... read more

Optical technology can help address multiple hatchery challenges, including labor, chick defects and transportation costs. ... read more

LAFAYETTE, Ga. — Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, confirm a case highly pathogenic avian influenza at a commercial poultry operation in Walker County. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in the state in 2026, but the fourth case at a commercial poultry operation in Georgia since the ongoing, nationwide outbreak began in February 2022, the GDA ... read more

In these latest avian influenza cases, broiler breeders and turkey breeder hens are affected. ... read more

WASHINGTON — Recently, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a No Objection Letter (NOL) for Innodal’s INNEO, accepting it as a processing aid to control Listeria monocytogenes in red meat and poultry products. Innodal is a Canadian company that develops natural food safety solutions based on antimicrobial compounds derived from probiotic strains. This determination allows U.S. meat and poultry processors to use INNEO as a surface treatment and ... read more

Special to Poultry Times · In this special article for Poultry Times, Jo Manhart, a spokesperson for Missouri’s egg industry, and longtime executive director of the Missouri Egg Council, looks back on a time-honored poultry holiday tradition with the University of Missouri. COLUMBIA, Mo. — Back in the day, even before WWII, the Poultry Science Department of the University of Missouri initiated a Christmas party for faculty and staff ... read more

The 2026 theme is "High Steaks: Navigating Pressure on Animal Protein;" Nominate a farmer for an expense-paid trip. ... read more

The poultry industry faces urgent challenges that depend on the development of new technologies that are scalable, practical and economically viable. ... read more