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Wild Birds Are Prolonging the Ongoing Avian Influenza Outbreak
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (133+ words) Snow geese fly overhead through the fog on March 6, 2024 at Middle Creek in Stevens, Pa. Unlike the 2014-15 outbreak of avian influenza, cases in the current outbreak keep coming back season after season. The recurrence is attributed to wild birds, and…...
Poultry Group Concerned About Maryland’s Draft CAFO Permit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (150+ words) The Maryland Department of the Environment is moving forward with its draft permit for concentrated animal feeding operations in the state's poultry industry. The draft permit received federal approval from the Environmental Protection Agency in September, and a public comment…...
Farmers Face Avian Flu as ‘New Normal’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (184+ words) HARRINGTON, Del. " Highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks historically lasted about six months, but the current one has been going since 2022, despite wide seasonal variations in the number of cases. "This may be our new normal," said Georgie Cartanza, a University…...
Poultry Industry on Alert for Respiratory Disease
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (151+ words) Officials are monitoring a respiratory disease in poultry that hasn't increased in number of cases but appears to be expanding geographically in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania had 57 cases of infectious laryngotracheitis in 2025, compared to 58 in 2024, said Dr. Megan Lighty, a Penn State…...
Taste for BJE Poultry Turkey Extends Beyond Thanksgiving
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) Get the newspaper digitally or delivered weekly to your door Start buying and selling for as little as $2.99/month! From the left are: Hayley Mainhart, broiler service technician; Bucky Price, director of strategic operations; Courtney Robinson Price, communications manager; Courtney…...
Heritage Chicken Breeders Work to Preserve Rare Poultry Breeds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) Get the newspaper digitally or delivered weekly to your door Start buying and selling for as little as $2.99/month! Alexandra Kent with one of her Rhode Island Reds. Chicken farmers are notoriously passionate about their flocks, and that passion is…...
Poultry Growers Should Look for Places Avian Influenza Could Enter Farms
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (278+ words) Get the newspaper weekly to your door or digitally. Don't forget, you can place 2 listings monthly in Mailbox Markets! If you would like to stop receiving this pop up, please log in. Panelists speak during the at the National Meeting…...
Cage-Free Egg Producers Turning to Aviary Systems
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (172+ words) The 40- x 485-foot layer house built in the 1970s that Martin Thiessen is outfitting with an aviary system. An increasing number of egg producers in the Mid-Atlantic are opting for a multi-tiered aviary system that gives hens more freedom of movement…...
Dealing With Dust in Cage-Free Poultry Operations
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (151+ words) Managing birds in a cage-free facility requires more labor, according to several representatives of the egg layer industry, and it also presents a unique challenge when it comes to dust and disease. During a panel discussion with several producers at…...
Hatchery Owner Finds Potential Solution to Poultry Shipment Losses
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (132+ words) The majority of the time, shipping live poultry and waterfowl with the U.S. Postal Service is problem-free, according to one poultry industry representative. But it's that one occasion when things go wrong that can have a significant impact. A Lancaster County…...