Larger birds and value-added product offerings drive growth while challenges limit processing plant expansion.

To keep up with the momentous growth in demand, the US broiler industry has continued to increase production. In 2025, to meet the average of 103 lbs of annual per capita chicken consumption, the ...

As poultry production scales, transportation becomes a larger part of the operational equation”— Dwayne Walker ...

The forecast for 2024 red meat and poultry production was raised in October from the previous month’s forecast, as reported by the recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report issued ...

That is why a report from Rabobank in mid-December said poultry and seafood are expected to be the shining stars in the coming year, as they will lead growth, while pork and beef production will ...

Faster, but how much faster? Pushing production to maximum efficiency while maintaining food safety and worker safety begs that question. When it comes to answering it, not surprisingly, there is a ...

In a typical poultry processing facility, much of the waste is simply dumped in a landfill or incinerated. Two experimental new processes, however, make use of the feathers, blood and bones – plus one ...

President Joe Biden rejected a proposal that would have ramped up production at U.S. poultry plants by 25%. The executive action puts a stop to the poultry processing speed increase rule that the ...

Poultry Federation Executive Vice President Blake Rollins has only been on the job several months, but he’s no stranger to agriculture or northwest Arkansas. Rollins, along with Dave Caldwell, ...

GOBBLERS GONNA GOBBLE: Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview is raising 450 turkeys in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. Photo courtesy of Hickory Nut Gap Farm Fall is always busy on Western North ...

We are now on the path forward to commercially make it a viable solution for many of our poultry producers across the entire ...

Workers process chickens at a poultry plant in Fremont, Nebraska, on December 12, 2019. The federal government announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount ...