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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Soos Technology wins US$1 million agri-tech prize for chicken sex-change tech
Isreali-based start-up Soos Technology won the US$1 million grand prize from global food and agriculture business competition Grow-NY for its AI-driven software to change the sex of chicken embryos from male to female, The Jerusalem Post re ...
Monday, November 23, 2020
National Chicken Council: US citizens prefer chicken, now top quarantine protein
Throughout the last year, as home kitchens took center stage, US citizens have been relying on chicken as a healthy and convenient protein that can be enjoyed by everyone, the National Chicken Council (NCC) said.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
UK ministers pledge not to import chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef from the US
The British government have pledged not to allow the import of chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef from the United States as part of a future trade deal, The Guardian reported.
Friday, October 30, 2020
US state grant programmes for contracted chicken farmers
Governors of the US state of Maryland and Delaware announced new grant programmes for contracted chicken farmers to help them cope with losses caused by COVID-19.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Scottish Border Council approves four chicken sheds capable of housing more than 37,000 birds
Scottish Border Council's planning and building standards committee has approved the establishment of four chicken sheds that could house more than 37,000 birds at Falsidehill Farm, north of Kelso, Scotland.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Six more chicken industry executives indicted by the US government over alleged price fixing
The US government has accused an additional six executives in the chicken industry over suspected price-fixing in its investigations of the US$65 billion domestic poultry sector, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Canadian university study finds fast-growing chickens face serious welfare problems
A study by the University of Guelph in Canada -- said to be the biggest of its kind - has been conducted on the welfare of Canadian chickens raised for meat and confirms that fast-growing breeds continue to face serious welfare issues.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Gov't distributes US$27.7k worth of native chicken to farmers in W. Visayas, Philippines
Twenty-four farmers' associations (FAs) in the provinces of Negros Occidental and Antique in the Western Visayan region, Philippines, were the beneficiaries of PHP1.34 million (US$27,640) worth of free-range native chicken from the Departme ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Hong Kong ends suspension on chicken imports from Brazilian plant
Hong Kong has ended a temporary suspension on chicken imports from a plant operated by Brazil's Central Cooperativa Aurora.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
South African poultry farmers get advanced training in newly built chicken house
Emerging poultry farmers in South Africa are now able to get hands-on training with the latest chicken farming technologies at an advanced new chicken house built at the KwaZulu-Natal Poultry Institute (KZNPI) in KwaZulu-Natal province, Sou ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Study aims to find ways to limit pollutants from chicken houses
Researchers from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) have embarked on a new project that aims to limit the pollutants brought by run-offs from chicken houses and look at ways to keep the fertilizer on farms.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Brazil requests proof that chicken wing shipment to China contains COVID-19 coronavirus
Brazilian agriculture attachés at Shenzhen, Guangdong province requested Chinese authorities to provide laboratory results confirming exports of frozen chicken wings were detected with COVID-19 coronavirus traces, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Slaughterhouses in England and Wales refuse more than 60 million chickens over three years
Diseases and defects have led to the rejection of more than 61 million chickens at slaughterhouses in England and Wales over a period of three years, based on figures analysed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Guardian.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
USDA sued for incentivising mass cullling of chickens, turkeys
Farm Sanctuary, a US farm animal sanctuary and advocacy organisation, sued the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to challenge its plan for controlling and responding to highly infectious avian influenza, Farm Sanctuary announce ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Expansion of Tyson Foods' chicken plant in Tennessee, US, completed
An expansion of a Tyson Foods Inc. poultry processing plant in Union City, Tennessee, the United States, is now complete, said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.

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