Feed News
5/15/2008
Corn Prices Rise, Pitting Chickens Against Ethanol
Taking corn from the mouths of chickens to put into the gas tanks of U.S. cars and trucks is causing feathers to fly in Washington.
Industry News
5/16/2008
Pilgrim's Pride CEO looks to industry to continue production cutbacks
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Pilgrim's Pride Corp. President and CEO Clint Rivers hopes to see the chicken industry continue to cut production to help the industry return to profitability.
5/9/2008
Chicken prices to rise in the US
Food inflation is expected in the US as prices of chicken and pork will go up over the next couple of months, Associated Press reports.
5/9/2008
Poultry breeding companies join forces on genomics program
Aviagen, Hy-Line International and Lohmann Tierzucht have committed to a combined initiative to evaluate and implement a new genetic technology—Genome Wide Selection—in their respective breeding programs
5/5/2008
Court Orders Tyson to Pluck its 'No Antibiotics' Campaign
Egged on by competitors, a federal appeals court has given Tyson Foods 14 days to remove advertising that claims its chickens are safer to eat because they are "raised without antibiotics."
Other Organizations' News
5/9/2008
U.S. Poultry Industry Urges Transatlantic Economic Council To Promptly Resolve U.S. Poultry Trade Issues With the EU
Failure to resolve the U.S. poultry trade issue at the mid-May 2008 Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) meeting will once again demonstrate that the European Union is seeking a scientific impossibility; that is, demanding conclusive evidence that there is an absolute-zero risk to food safety and the environment with respect to U.S. poultry. No scientific study on any issue has ever been able to prove an absolute-zero risk.
Poultry News
5/15/2008
EU executive to propose lifting ban on US poultry
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will seek to lift a ban on imports of U.S. poultry by October, officials said on Tuesday, trying to end a decade-long dispute that has been an irritant for transatlantic trade ties.
5/7/2008
EU will probably lift U.S. poultry ban - Verheugen
LJUBLJANA, May 6 (Reuters) - The European Union will probably lift its 11-year-old ban on imports of U.S. poultry, Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.
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