Find out what the top 10 news articles about the poultry industry on WATTAgNet were in October:
1. INFOGRAPHIC: 7 new broiler plants to begin operations
Industry expansion will occur as seven companies will open poultry plants between now and 2020.
2. Zacky Farms to cease all operations in January 2019
California turkey company Zacky Farms is going out of business.
3. Aidan Connolly to step down as Alltech chief innovation officer
Aidan Connolly, Alltech’s chief innovation officer, will leave the company by the end of November to pursue personal interests, Alltech said.
4. 84 Georgia poultry houses lost to Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael was responsible for the loss of at least 84 poultry houses and 2 million birds in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
5. Worker dies from accident at Allen Harim poultry plant
A worker at the Allen Harim Foods poultry processing plant in Harbeson, Delaware, was killed on October 5 as a result of an accident at the plant.
6. 7 feed additives to improve poultry gut health
The gastrointestinal tract is populated by more than 400 different bacterial species that live in distinct sections of the tract.
7. CDC: 92 people stricken in Salmonella outbreak
Ninety-two people in 29 states have become ill due to an outbreak of Salmonella Infantis that has been linked to raw chicken products, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced.
8. Fire closes Pilgrim’s Pride plant in Guntersville, Alabama
Pilgrim Pride’s Guntersville, Alabama, location caught fire on the morning of October 18. Fire crews told WAYY31 that the fire broke out just after 5 a.m.
9. Plant-based in-feed vaccines to control coccidiosis
A plant-based coccidiosis vaccine for oral administration in poultry will be presented at Poultry Tech Summit (PTS), November 5-7, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
10. FDA: 38 ill in egg-related Salmonella outbreak
The number of people who became ill in a Salmonella enteritidis outbreak earlier announced in September has increased to 38, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).