egg handling News

“Whenever birds are handled for any reason, including vaccinations, treatments and movement to new facilities or to processing, handling should be accomplished in such a manner as to avoid injuries. Abuse of the animals is not tolerated under any circumstances,” stressed Dr. Sam Christenberry, poultry technical services manager, Phibro Animal Health, while addressing attendees at ...

Sep. 23, 2014

By U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at the University of Georgia on research that provides recommendations that will improve the monitoring system for detection of mycoplasmas. The project is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. A brief summary of ...

Nov. 18, 2013

By U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Broiler hatchery data, released weekly by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), reflects optimism, running 3 percent above a year ago in the number of eggs set for the last several weeks.  Chicks placed are also above a year ago, and year-to-date are up 1.5 percent.  Figure 1 shows 2017 compared to 2016 in the number of eggs set and chicks placed. Poultry slaughter has ...

May 30, 2017

By American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)

An innovative aquaculture program offered by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University will hold a workshop July 10-11 to provide an in-depth look at the increasingly popular fish farming industry. Held at the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development at Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, the workshop will offer current and ...

Jun. 23, 2015

By Ohio State University

As students head back to school in the coming weeks, Bon Appétit Management Company has found a new way for its chefs to include tasty summer produce in their menus throughout the fall and winter, and a means to further support local Ohio agriculture. For the first time ever, Bon Appétit chefs at Ohio's Case Western Reserve University and Oberlin College will serve ripe summer ...

Aug. 17, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Of all the overfished fish in the seas, luscious, fatty bluefin tuna are among the most threatened. Marine scientist Goro Yamazaki, who is known in this seaside community as "Young Mr. Fish," is working to ensure the species survives. Yamazaki is fine-tuning a technology to use mackerel surrogates to spawn the bluefin, a process he hopes will enable fisheries to raise the huge, torpedo-shaped ...

Nov. 19, 2014

By Associated Press

Perhaps one of Wisconsin"s best-kept secrets - the Kickapoo Country Fair - is unrivaled as the largest celebration of organic food and lifestyles in the Midwest. This year"s two-day event, taking place on Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25, in LaFarge, Wis., will celebrate the connections between food and the many cultures and communities in this unique corner of the state. Dr. Temple Grandin, ...

Jul. 6, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire