Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia officials have confirmed a first-ever case of the bird flu in a commercial poultry operation in the state. State officials ...

In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these ...

Poultry litter will remain a legal fertilizer for cattle operations. Will Drummond continue on a course that bankrupts many ...

The Russell County Butchery submitted a petition that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) took in on Sept. 5. It requests that FSIS change the guidance for determining whether a poultry ...

Industry leaders predict a breakthrough in poultry automation, with AI-powered systems transforming hatcheries and production practices within five years.

A handful of dairy farms sprawl across the valley floor, ringed by the spikey, copper-colored San Jacinto mountains. This is the very edge of California’s dairy country—and so far, the cows here are ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture shut down all poultry activities, including sales and exhibitions, in the state after bird flu was detected at a commercial poultry operation. Friday, a case of ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins addresses the National Association of Counties legislative conference, March 4 (USDA photo) Agriculture Department officials said Thursday they're focusing their efforts to ...

In today’s poultry processing environment, where consumer expectations and regulatory scrutiny continue to rise, processors face compounding challenges including ensuring product quality, reducing ...

Poultry operations seeking compensation for the loss of birds and eggs due to avian flu will have to get a biosecurity audit before restocking, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said ...

North Carolina is a national leader with more than 8 million hogs and close to a billion chickens and turkeys in production. Most are raised on an industrial scale, in what are known as "concentrated ...