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Pure Prairie Poultry convicted after 2 million chickens abandoned, starved
6+ hour ago (321+ words) Pure Prairie Poultry, Inc., was convicted of 30 counts of mistreatment of animals after the company filed for bankruptcy and abandoned roughly 2 million chickens in farms in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota after not being able to provide feed to farms. The…...
Clean water, thriving poultry industry can, must coexist | Opinion
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (309+ words) Oklahomans should never be forced into a false choice between clean water and good jobs. But that is exactly what out-of-state Big Poultry is trying to do " pushing fear, misinformation and intimidation across eastern Oklahoma to protect their profits and…...
Second Jefferson County commercial poultry flock hit with bird flu in two weeks
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (339+ words) Another case of bird flu has been identified in a Jefferson County commercial poultry flock, the second in less than two weeks. The infected bird is one of 520,298 pullets in the flock at Daybreak Foods, LLC in the Town of…...
Endangered whooping crane chick in Wisconsin died from bird flu in September
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (103+ words) A whooping crane chick died from bird flu in September in Wisconsin. It's the first known death of a whooping crane to the disease. Endangered whooping crane chick in Wisconsin died from bird flu in September A whooping crane chick…...
Highly pathogenic bird flu identified in Jefferson County poultry flock
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (324+ words) A commercial poultry flock in Jefferson County was infected with bird flu, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. DATCP and animal health officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are working together on a response. The…...
RI farmer relieved USDA withdrew proposed poultry regulation over salmonella
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (539+ words) The USDA said via email, "This rule has never gone into effect, and was merely a proposal ... turkey is killed when it's properly cooked at home. Pat's Pastured raises livestock and it's one ... EAST GREENWICH " Farmer Pat McNiff has one…...
Bird flu and expensive egg prices drive demand for chicks from Wisconsin hatcheries
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (865+ words) Wisconsin hatcheries have sold out of chicks this spring because of the bird flu decimating hen populations and increasing egg prices. BEAVER DAM " It's a great time to be a rooster. Amid an avian flu that has decimated hen populations…...
With bird flu circulating, is it safe to leave up bird feeders?
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (628+ words) As highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, circulates across the nation and beyond it is causing die-offs in domestic flocks as well as wild birds. Since early 2022 the disease has killed or led to the culling of about 166 million…...