PETALUMA -- Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber's company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter ...

“I think most farmers are pretty diligent in their methods, but sometimes freak things happen,” said Hiatt, himself a cattle farmer who worked a poultry waste fire at another farm two years ag ...

If that sounds like a chicken fairy tale, it’s not. The concept is the brainchild of Ruud Zanders, a Dutch poultry farmer who re-envisioned how to feed chickens sustainably after colleagues from ...

Fetterman’s legislation would make it “more viable for any poultry or livestock farmer to sue a company that is abusive to them,” said Johnson, who pushed for the reforms proposed in the bill.

Tasmanian salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture has a new Chief Executive: Charles von der Heyde. Von der Heyde was previously President at poultry processing giant Pilgrim’s Mexico, part of the ...

They hadn’t been spending much quality time together. At the farm off Rainsville Road, Weber, a fourth-generation poultry farmer, was surprised to find more than 30 of his employees. He had told ...

Lutz is by no means the only poultry farmer who says he has suffered retaliation by poultry companies. In extending the deadline for comments on the proposed transparency rules, USDA Secretary Tom ...

A major highlight of the workshop was a special Response Session, where three seasoned industry experts, an experienced poultry farmer with a finance background, a senior bank manager, and a ...

“We’re listening to the farmers,” said Mike Levengood, Farmer Relationship Advocate and Chief Animal Care Officer for Perdue. Perdue also said it is a leader in poultry welfare. In ...