News & Updates

The latest Newcastle disease infections lead to the death of more than 60,000 head of poultry. ... read more

SALISBURY, Md. — Perdue Farms associates in Salisbury, Md., delivered a record $104,210 to the American Cancer Society through fund-raising efforts aligned with Relay for Life and Men Wear Pink campaigns. Perdue associates have raised more than $915,000 for ACS since 1998. The campaigns are part of the company’s Delivering Hope To Our Neighbors® outreach to improve quality of life and build strong communities where our associates live and work, ... read more

During this season, 40 Japanese poultry flocks have been struck by avian influenza. ... read more

The eggs subject to recall were produced at a Burnbrae Farms site in Manitoba. ... read more

ATLANTA — The 2025 Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit will be held at the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta, Ga. Organized by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, the American Feed Industry Association and the Meat Institute, the summit will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 28, and is complimentary for all registered IPPE attendees. The summit will start with a keynote panel discussing sustainability and collaboration in retail and ... read more

Even though broiler meat prices surged in the aftermath of the pandemic, the edge over competing protein categories like beef remains decisive. ... read more

The company filed a motion in response to the U.S. Department of Justice declaring the company violation a consent decree and ordering it to cease its use of Agri Stats. ... 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. “This is a serious threat to Georgia’s number one industry and the livelihoods of thousands of Georgians who make their living in our state’s poultry industry,” Tyler Harper, Georgia agriculture commissioner, said. ... read more

WASHINGTON — The USDA has announced its third installment of regulatory reforms under the Packers and Stockyards Act, which it says is intended to “level the playing field” for chicken and turkey farmers that sell their animals to processing companies under contract. Among the updates, USDA notes that this regulation update gives farmers more insight into payment rates, more stability in what is called the “tournament system,” as well as ... read more

New flock infections are also confirmed in Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, California and Minnesota. ... read more

He most recently served the company as senior vice president of business operations. ... read more

The third largest turkey producer in the United States becomes the second company to settle in lawsuit that dates back to 2019. ... read more

ATLANTA — The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) announces the release of its first-ever Sustainability Report during the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. This milestone report represents a groundbreaking effort to provide anonymous, aggregated sustainability data across the U.S. poultry and egg supply chain, encompassing broilers, turkeys, and eggs, the group noted. The Sustainability Report is based on data gathered through the US-RSPE ... read more

Elizabeth Doughman, editor, WATT Poultry USA and Poultry Future talks with Bill Potter, Ph.D., poultry food safety and processing extension at the University of Arkansas, about how to prepare for the USDA FSIS proposed Salmonella Framework. ... read more

The International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) scheduled in Atlanta, Ga. will proceed as planned, despite a recent detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a commercial poultry operation in the northern part of the state. The Georgia Department of Agriculture on Friday suspended all poultry exhibitions that display live birds, shows, swaps, meets and sales after a flock in Elbert County tested positive for the disease. However, GDA ... read more