Four poultry executives agree that the poultry industry in Latin America will keep on growing, but there are some issues.

Scandinavian poultry company Atria Group issued a statement that revealed the company’s net sales for 2019 will be “slightly lower than expected.”

As I head out to Atlanta for the 2020 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), there are many things to which I look forward.

As highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is confirmed in two more European states, there are fears that the further spread of the disease could impact exports of poultry products. The virus has been detected for the first time in three more European countries, and there are further cases in Taiwan and South Africa.

While the pace has slowed down, companies continue to change their policies concerning the sourcing of broiler chickens, making pledges to source only slower-growing broiler breeds that are raised according to the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) standards, and in some cases, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) standards.

Through a new program of supported broiler production, the West African state’s government aims to end the import of chicken meat within five years.

People in the agriculture industry understand there are benefits to gene editing in animal and plant production. However, many consumers with little to no connection to the farm can be apprehensive.

A U.S. Congresswoman is urging the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to conduct a comprehensive investigation into an accident that resulted in a fatality at the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plant earlier this month.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reported two confirmed cases of virulent Newcastle Disease (vND) in California so far in 2020.

Phase One of a trade deal between the United States and China was signed by both parties on January 15, but many questions have been asked since the signing ceremony was held.

Over the past week, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been reported in poultry in three central European states for the first time this winter.

A worker at the Fieldale Farms poultry plant in Murrayville, Georgia, died after he fell from a ladder at the facility.