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Texas egg producer to pay $1.9 million penalty to resolve clean water act violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) today announced that Mahard Egg Farm, Inc., a Texas corporation, will pay a $1.9 million penalty to resolve claims that the company violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its egg production facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. The civil penalty is the largest amount to be paid in a federal enforcement action ...

May 18, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

USPOULTRY’s Live Production and Welfare Seminar Highlighted Animal Welfare Practices and New Equipment Technology

“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. 24, 2014

By U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Research provides recommendations that will improve the monitoring system for detection of mycoplasmas

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. 19, 2013

By U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Drug Resistant Bacteria Found in Nation’s Meat and Poultry

Cinnaminson, NJ, May 2nd, 2011 Last month it was reported that a new study discovered that the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, is found widely in the nation’s meat and poultry. The study found that 47% of the 136 samples taken from 26 retail stores in 5 cities across the nation were contaminated with S. aureus. It also reported that 52% of the bacteria ...

May 2, 2011

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Broiler Bird Weights Keep Lid on Production

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 31, 2017

By American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)

Ohio State Offers Aquaponics Fish Farming Workshop July 10-11

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. 24, 2015

By Ohio State University

Summer produce comes to Ohio Colleges during winter chill

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. 18, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Kickapoo country fair cooks up a tasty blend of driftless-style organic food and culture

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. 7, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Surrogate sushi: Japan biotech for bluefin tuna

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. 20, 2014

By Associated Press

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