There are increasing concerns about the number of bird flu cases reported across the United States and how the virus is transmitted. Despite fears, health officials say the risk of infection is low ...

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has proposed long-awaited regulations covering animal welfare for organic producers that largely track changes made in a rule issued just before President Barack ...

As dairy and poultry farmers work to limit losses related to avian flu, they are learning the virus can be transmitted in a wide variety of ways. Vectors can include, for example, wild waterfowl water ...

FILE - Cage-free chickens stand in a fenced pasture on an organic farm, Oct. 21, 2015, in Iowa. Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific standards if they want to label ...

DES MOINES, Iowa >> Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific standards if they want to label their products organic under final rules announced today by the U.S.

Avian influenza has now been confirmed in 24 states, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, announced on Tuesday during a discussion on AgriTalk with Chip Flory, host. In Iowa, Naig says the flu ...

The Meat Institute has backed USDA FSIS proposed rule changes that would allow pork and poultry processors to increase line ...

The 4-H livestock competitions at the 2022 Morgan County Fair began with the judging of chickens, a turkey and rabbits. First up were the chickens and a turkey. The poultry was all for market with the ...

Meat companies with products from more than one species will be forced to divest and limit production to only one species.

The Comal County Fairgrounds were filled Wednesday with many feathered friends as FFA and 4-H students came out to showcase ...