The International Poultry Council is in search of a new secretary general, as Marília Rangel Campos will exit that post to take a new role with an animal health company in Brazil.

Dakota Provisions announces the launch of its first consumer turkey products brand, Dakota 44.

A fire destroyed a poultry barn at an Ohio farm that grows broilers for Case Farms. No birds were lost, but six of the responding firefighters were treated for heat-related issues.

Several countries have banned imports of selected poultry products from regions of Chile and Vietnam where cases of avian influenza have been reported in recent weeks, while India has declared the country’s wild bird population free of the disease.

Cargill will end fresh and frozen whole turkey production at its Waco, Texas, facility in November, the company confirmed.