News & Updates

Animal health agencies say the variant of highly pathogenic avian influenza was found in a Mississippi broiler breeder flock. ... read more

Antibiotic alternatives are needed for controlling diseases that cause high mortality. ... read more

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said new action empowers businesses to operate more efficiently while upholding high food safety standards. ... read more

WASHINGTON — New streamlining actions designed to provide more efficiency for poultry and pork processing while also sustaining food safety standards was announced March 17 by USDA. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins noted that this new initiative is to guide the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to get rid of outdated administrative requirements. “America leads the world in pork and poultry production, and we are committed to ... read more

Averting losses of hundreds of millions of poultry crucial to mitigate impacts on food security, nutrition and affordability of poultry products, Food and Agriculture Organization says. ... read more

While HPAI has ravaged the egg sector in the U.S., the broiler and turkey industries have been able to avoid a worst-case scenario. ... read more

WASHINGTON — The National Turkey Federation announces that J. Walter (Gator) Pelletier III is the recipient of the federation’s prestigious NTF Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his decades of leadership, innovation and commitment to the turkey industry. Pelletier received his award during the recent 2025 National Turkey Federation Annual Convention in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jay Jandrain, Butterball CEO and newly elected NTF chairman, presented the award. Pelletier, a native of Maysville, N.C., ... read more

Meanwhile, Indiana reports two presumed-positive poultry flocks, including one that involves 1.34 million pullets. ... read more

At investor day, the company announced a long-term capital allocation strategy, which includes turning a big bird plant to a case-ready facility. ... read more

This is the first confirmed instance of avian influenza in Canadian commercial poultry of March. ... read more

GREENFIELD, Ind. — Elanco Animal Health Inc. announces it has entered into an agreement with South Dakota-based Medgene to leverage the company's vaccine platform technology. The agreement includes commercialization of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine for use in dairy cattle. Medgene reports the vaccine has met all requirements of the USDA’s platform technology guidelines and is in the final stages of review for conditional license approval. While the ... read more

The farm will at first house 300,000 hens but will eventually house 1 million. ... read more

UPDATE: As previously reported, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released an interim final rule for poultry farms to get compensation after testing positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. On March 13, the agency announced that the comment period on the interim final rule has been extended another 30 days until April 14, 2025. This interim rule was effective after its posting in the Federal Register; however, when ... read more

DALLAS — Bonchon, Korean fried chicken, announces a franchise milestone with its 150th U.S. store opening in February. The Jonesboro, Ark., location was Bonchon’s first restaurant in the state with additional Arkansas stores to open this year. Bonchon’s start to 2025 also involved entering new markets in Florida and Iowa. “This year is off to an exciting start with new store openings and franchise agreements, bringing Bonchon’s craveable Korean ... read more

ATLANTA — As part of the ongoing efforts to support the recruitment and education of talented students while promoting careers in the poultry and egg industries worldwide, the USPOULTRY Foundation welcomed 12 students and advisors from six universities across Latin America to attend the 2025 International Poultry Expo, part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE). Through participation in the USPOULTRY Foundation International Student Program, these students had the ... read more