Here are the ten most read poultry-related articles on WATTAgNet.com during the month of February:
1. Shaq’s Big Chicken opens second fast casual restaurant
Big Chicken – the fast casual fried chicken restaurant owned by retired NBA player, Shaquille O’Neal – opened a 2,600-square-foot location in Glendale, California on February 3.
2. One worker dead after Rembrandt Foods facility collapsed
A Rembrandt Foods employee is dead after a barn collapsed in Rembrandt, Iowa, an official with Buena Vista Co Emergency Management Agency (EMA) confirmed.
3.Tyson Foods eliminates 500 jobs
Tyson Foods has approved a restructuring program, which includes the elimination of about 500 jobs.
4. Coronavirus and its impact on the poultry industry during IPPE (blog)
Benjamin Ruiz: At the 2020 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, the fear of coronavirus not only focused on perhaps not wanting to shake hands with so many people, constantly washing your hands (which we should always do) and the use of hand sanitizers, but also in other aspects.
5. Animal agriculture capable of ‘global cooling’
People who are opposed to animal agriculture have for a long time pointed their fingers at the industry for its perceived harmful impact on the environment and have claimed that it is largely responsible for global warming.
6. Luggage with dead birds from China seized at US airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists recently seized a package of tiny dead birds in a passenger’s baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport.
7. Mexican chicken industry in trouble due to low prices
Broiler producers in Mexico have for a long time been unable to overcome the fluctuations of the market.
8. Saudi Arabia suspends imports from 2 BRF poultry plants
Two BRF plants in Brazil have been suspended from exporting poultry products to Saudi Arabia, the company announced.
9. Avian flu returns to Chinese poultry sector
China’s agriculture ministry has reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) linked to the H5N1 virus variant.
10. More than half of US broilers raised NAE in 2019
More than half of the birds raised in the U.S. were raised no antibiotics ever in 2019.
