News & Updates

Recovery is underway for the U.S. egg industry after the devastating outbreak of avian influenza during the spring of 2015. ... read more

The Japanese government has lifted trade restrictions on poultry and poultry products from some regions in the United States and Canada where avian influenza had been earlier detected. ... read more

Avian influenza remains an area of high concern for those in the poultry industry. Here are 5 news developments concerning avian influenza that you should know. ... read more

Iowa State University students will not have access to live birds on the university’s poultry farm as a precaution to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. ... read more

The USDA on August 25 lifted its restrictions on the import of poultry and poultry products from Ontario. ... read more

In preparation for the possible re-emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States in the fall as wild birds begin to migrate south from Canada, the National Chicken Council (NCC) has identified the top biosecurity principles for broiler and broiler-breeder producers. ... read more

There may have been no reports of new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country for 10 days but the government is urging those involved in the poultry sector across the country to step up its biosecurity measures, according to the Government of Ghana. ... read more

With a strong possibility that avian influenza might return to the United States in the fall, government and industry groups are considering using ventilation shutdown as a form of emergency depopulation of flocks that have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza. ... read more

Avian influenza remains a topic of widespread interest in the global poultry industry. Here are 6 avian influenza news developments to know. ... read more

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is urging utilities and their truck drivers to understand and practice biosecurity measures when operating on or near poultry farms, as part of a cooperative statewide effort to safeguard against the outbreak of avian influenza. ... read more

Jennie-O Turkey Store saw its operating profit drop 45 percent and its dollar sales drop by 12 percent during the third quarter of fiscal year 2015. ... read more

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) is expected this week by August 21 to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to vaccine manufacturing companies to have avian influenza vaccine produced to protect U.S. poultry from future outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI). ... read more

Canada has lifted its ban on poultry and poultry products from Arkansas and Montana, as the two states appear to now be free of avian influenza. ... read more

The 2015 avian influenza outbreak is costing Iowa nearly 8,500 jobs, some of which may never be replaced. That’s the finding from a new study, commissioned by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) and conducted by Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS). ... read more

The loss of more than 48 million birds to highly pathogenic avian influenza in the U.S. this spring has led many to wonder if the trend toward ever larger poultry farms will continue in the future, or will the risk of losing such large numbers of birds on one site, as many as 4.9 million layers or 350,000 tom turkeys, reverse this trend? My answer to this question for layers ... read more