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US restores preferential trade privileges for Hong Kong, drawing thanks from China
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (209+ words) By KANIS LEUNG — Associated Press, Thinking about picking up some ground beef on your next ALDI trip. Here are 5 things that you should know. For the store the size of ALDI I am surprised by how many options they have…...
Neighbors speak out against proposed 210,000-hen poultry operation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1158+ words) DEFIANCE — Nearly every time a new plan emerges to build a major livestock facility in northwest Ohio, residents band together to raise concerns about anything from stench to potential impacts on water quality, air quality, roads, and property values. That…...
Backyard chicken owners are starting to worry about the quiet return of the avian influenza. Here's why
2+ week, 1+ day ago (646+ words) The bird flu hasn’t gone away. If you own a flock of backyard chickens, your flock is directly in the line of fire. The United States is in the middle of another avian influenza outbreak. It is nothing like the…...
Raising backyard chickens in 2026: How to build a chicken coop for beginners with no farm experience
2+ week, 2+ day ago (755+ words) Backyard chickens have gone from fringe hobby to mainstream pet in under a decade. According to the American Pet Products Association, roughly 11 million U.S. households kept them in 2025, nearly double the 5.8 million counted in 2018, making chickens the third most popular pet…...
Are you building a chicken coop in your backyard? Here's what aspiring chicken keeps need to plan for
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1068+ words) So you’re thinking about getting backyard chickens. Maybe a neighbor has them and the eggs they dropped off last week were unreasonably good. Maybe you watched egg prices climb last year and decided you’d had enough of being at the…...
'Chicken murder' at Tatum Park shakes urban farm’s sense of safety
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1056+ words) Tatum Park’s urban farm is meant to be a refuge from violence and a source of life‑giving food and education, but it has now been shaken by the killing of its chickens. “The police called it a chicken murder....