WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) assured members at the National Chicken Council’s annual convention here that he’d look out for the industry’s interests in the 2018 farm bill negotiations, but he also cautioned there would be a lot less money to work with than legislators had when they drafted the 2014 bill.

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association said it has developed documents to assist poultry and egg producers in making a good faith estimate of air emissions for new federal reporting requirements on the release of hazardous substances from farm animal waste.

TULSA, OK., For the seventh consecutive year, Lift Up America, The University of Tulsa and Tyson Foods will donate more than 30,000 pounds of protein to more than 40 partner programs serviced through the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma as part of an effort to feed people in need and promote public awareness of hunger in America.

Select Genetics held its official groundbreaking ceremony for the new 118,000 square foot hatchery being built in Terra Haute, Indiana.  When completed in the summer of 2018 this will be the largest turkey incubation and hatching facility in the world.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN  – Zinpro Corporation announces that Duarte Neves, Ph.D., has joined Zinpro Corporation as a research nutritionist – poultry.

Back in 2013, less than 5% of the chicken produced in the US was raised without antibiotics. Most of it came from small, regional commercial poultry companies. A few large integrators dabbled in antibiotic-free, or ABF, production, either to tap emerging markets or to gain some experience — just in case the day came when they’d have to stop using antibiotics.

HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Aviagen®, the global poultry genetics leader, has become the first poultry breeding company in the U.S. to be certified as an Avian Influenza Clean Compartment.

ALPHARETTA, GA—Adisseo announces the continuation of their 2017 expansion of the North and Central American regional team with addition of Felipe Navarro, DVM, MBA, James Barton, DVM, and Jeff Lewis to the US office.

Siloam Springs, AR - Science students interested in pursuing graduate degrees in poultry science will soon have a new resource to help fund their education. The Cobb-Vantress Fellowship Endowment was announced during the August annual meeting of the Poultry Science Association (PSA) in Orlando, FL.

While statistics show the US poultry industry has made great strides reducing foodborne pathogens, USDA’s new standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken parts have made poultry companies up their game.