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The company's egg grading facility, distribution facility, coolers and offices are 100% powered by a nine-acre solar field near the grading and distribution facility. Source: Sustainable Agriculture

Commercial broiler birds may not spend enough time in the dark. At least four hours of darkness a day should be provided for the best performance. Source: Poultry Welfare

Increasing line speed is not as simple as flipping a switch, especially in the age of COVID-19. It requires careful attention to each station on the processing line and validation that food safety is not compromised. Source: Poultry…

As part of its environmentally friendly mission, Hickman’s Family Farms recycles over 1 million plastic bottles weekly to make its own egg containers. Source: Sustainable Agriculture

As contracts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) are up for renewal, landowners are discovering that the payments offered to them for preventing soil erosion are not as high as they once were.…

The U.K.’s Roslin Institute has demonstrated an efficient way of introducing beneficial characteristics from one chicken breed to another within just a single generation. Source: Poultry Welfare

Poultry producers have an immense amount of data at their fingertips. The challenge, however, is generating value from collected data. Cumberland has created a series of videos that explore how poultry producers can capture and utilize data…

Working with small scale poultry producers in Kenya and Vietnam helping to create long- and short-term benefits for local communities. Source: Sustainable Agriculture

For breeders and layers, it is important to note that red spectrum wavelengths are critical to managing reproductive physiology. Source: Poultry Welfare

Anne-Marie Neetson, Shaddrha Kaul and Erica Charlton have been unanimously elected as chairpersons for working groups (WGs) within the International Poultry Council (IPC). Source: Poultry Welfare