Industry Headlines
ATLANTA — Poultry growers and producers are invited to attend the 2012 International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo with a special registration fee of only $5 (on-site only), a savings of $55. Sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the American Feed Industry Association, the Expo will be held here Jan. 24-26, at the...
ATHENS, Ala. — A newly expanded Aviagen poultry feed mill in Athens, Ala., is producing 30 percent more feed while consuming far less energy, reducing its carbon emissions by hundreds of tons, and cutting its annual utility expenses by more than $160,000. The experience of the Aviagen mill offers an example of how new...
WASHINGTON — Responding to proposed child labor regulations, the American Farm Bureau Federation has filed comments on behalf of more than 70 agricultural organizations in response to a proposal by the Labor Department that would limit youth employment opportunities on farms and ranches. AFBF also filed separate comments on its own behalf supplementing its...
TUCKER, Ga. — A “Charting the Course” executive conference will examine the future of the American poultry industry and the American egg industry as part of the educational programs of the 2012 International Poultry Expo. The conference will be held Jan. 25 in Room A411 of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The...
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it has notified four poultry growers in West Virginia to cease discharging pollutants from farms to waterways and obtain the necessary permits that are required by the Clean Water Act. The agency believes that some farmers in the Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia could...
TUCKER, Ga. – Richmond Community College (RCC) in Hamlet, N.C., has received a $5,000 student recruiting grant from the USPOULTRY Foundation. The grant will support the college’s new articulation agreement with N.C. State University (NCSU) which allows graduates of RCC’s associate in science program to transfer as juniors into the NCSU Poultry Science program....
