News & Updates

WASHINGTON — After a thorough risk evaluation, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reducing existing trade restrictions on the importation of unvaccinated live poultry from France and unvaccinated live ducks from the APHIS-recognized European Poultry Trade Region (EPTR), as well as Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. The restrictions, which took effect Oct. 1, 2023, resulted from France’s decision to vaccinate commercial meat ducks and some breeding ducks ... read more

Kay Russo, DVM, partner, RSM Consulting, joins Elizabeth Doughman, editor, WATT PoultryUSA and Poultry Future, to discuss USDA response to the avian influenza outbreak in poultry and dairy cattle and what actions are most likely to stop the spread. ... read more

ATLANTA — The Original Hot Chicken, a fast-casual concept specializing in Nashville-style hot chicken, has announced the opening of its first international brick-and-mortar location in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As a flagship brand of Experiential Brands, an Atlanta, Ga.-based global foodservice solutions company, The Original Hot Chicken's debut into Canada is part of the brand's plan to expand internationally and grow its footprint across North America. Experiential Brands specializes in scalable, ... read more

2024’s export decline should be simply a blip on the road to recovery for Brazil’s overseas turkey meat sales, but consumption at home, and production, continue to decline. ... read more

ARLINGTON, Va. — As the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) ushers in 2025, we eagerly anticipate the new opportunities that lie ahead for our industry and stand ready to represent the priorities of our association’s 650 members. The AFIA acknowledges that the time is ripe for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to modernize the review processes for new animal food ingredients at the federal level. The association also expects ... read more

New U.S. senator tells agriculture secretary nominee her first loyalty should always be to the farmers. ... read more

The presence of the virus has also been found in broiler flocks in Arkansas and Maryland. ... read more

OAKWOOD, Ga. — Wayne-Sanderson Farms has filed its own motion seeking clarity and relief from the court that its participation in the industry-standard Agri Stats subscription service is lawful and permitted. This was necessitated by unprecedented actions taken by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the company said. On Jan. 18, the division filed a motion seeking to declare the company in violation of the Consent Decree ... read more

“I know that the current team and the future team will be working hand-in-hand to do everything we can on animal disease,” Brooke Rollins tells U.S. senators. ... read more

With the approach, chicks are given immediate access to food and water. ... read more

TUCKER, Ga. — The USPOULTRY Foundation awarded a $10,000 student recruiting grant to Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in University Park, Pa. The Poultry and Avian Science minor (PAS) was established at Penn State in 2005. The Animal Science major offers two primary tracks, one focused on veterinary medicine and research and the other on industry and business. Both tracks include poultry-related courses, such as avian physiology, poultry production and ... read more

If the U.S. puts tariffs on Mexican imported goods, the trade chessboard will see a dramatic shift. ... read more

APHIS reports new cases in Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and Virginia and offers new information on the situation in Indiana. ... read more

ATLANTA — The American Feed Industry Association’s free Feed Education Program is returning to the International Production & Processing Expo, happening Jan. 28-30, in Atlanta, Ga. The AFIA Feed Education Program will be held on Jan. 29 from 8–10 a.m. in Room A412 at the Georgia World Congress Center. “We are excited to continue offering this free education program for animal food industry professionals at IPPE,” Gary Huddleston, AFIA’s ... read more

ATLANTA — The current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which began in 2022, continues to affect the nation’s poultry industry. On Friday, Jan. 17, Georgia confirmed its first positive HPAI case on a commercial poultry operation. And on Wednesday, Jan. 22, a second commercial flock near the first one was confirmed. “This is a serious threat to Georgia’s number one industry and the livelihoods of thousands of Georgians ... read more