Austin Alonzo, editor of WATT Poultry USA, examines hot topics surrounding the US poultry industry as it deals with a changing consumer, emerging animal welfare concerns and other disruptive challenges.
A national, legal review of whether California’s animal welfare laws apply to animals raised outside the state will bring serious repercussions for all animal agriculture.
Growers are following enhanced biosecurity measures as the current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues in the United States and Canada.
A new survey of broiler growers and integrated chicken companies demonstrates how the contract relationship between the two parties benefits both sides as well as the consumer.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is present once again in North America, and poultry growers in the U.S., must elevate their biosecurity in response.