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Top 25 US egg producers in 2024 - WATTPoultry.com
Feb 5, 2024 · 1. Cal-Maine Foods, 44.51 million. Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the United States. Its operations consist of hatching chicks; growing and maintaining flocks of pullets, layers and breeders; manufacturing feed; and producing, processing, packaging and distributing shell eggs.
New Baiada poultry plant to open in Australia in 2026
Apr 24, 2024 · Once the plant is open and operating at full capacity, it will employ more than 700 people. Less than one year ago, Baiada announced another expansion project, in which it was constructing two fully-automated breeding farms in the Riverina region of New South Wales.. Baida is the second largest broiler producer of Oceania.
USDA: 6% fewer turkeys expected to be raised in 2024
Sep 30, 2024 · While three months remain in 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is projecting that 6% fewer turkeys will be raised in the country than were in 2023.The agency issued its Turkeys Raised report on September 27, where that projection was made. The report is based on information provided by 296 turkey grow-out operations who ...
4 presumed human H5N1 cases reported in Washington
Oct 21, 2024 · Four workers a commercial egg farm in Franklin County, Washington, have tested presumptively positive for H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported.. The farm where they were working had a flock of 839,700 laying hens affected by HPAI, with that case being confirmed on October 15.
How will US immigration policy changes impact meat industry?
Dec 11, 2024 · Steiner shared his views while speaking during the webinar, “2025 Economic Outlook for Meat and Poultry,” held December 10 and hosted by the Meat Institute.. Steiner said the meat industry has relied on immigrant labor for decades, and those jobs are a good fit for those coming to the United States who seek a better life.
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Pure Prairie Poultry Chapter 11 petition dismissed
Oct 2, 2024 · Pure Prairie Poultry’s petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been dismissed amid objections from creditors.. The petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota on September 20. The company, headquartered in Charles City, Iowa, has been in business since 2021, when it purchased a shuttered poultry plant that was previously operated by Simply Essentials before it ...
California egg prices up 70% as 2024 ends, HPAI to blame
Dec 31, 2024 · Egg prices have grown to US$8.97 per dozen in California, a 70% increase from November 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) December 27, 2024, Egg Market Overview. According to the USDA, the sharp increase in price is due to nine confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) across the state in December 2024 alone, which led to the depopulation of ...
How can a trade war with Mexico, Canada hurt protein sectors?
Dec 12, 2024 · Beef. Steiner described Canada and Mexico as the United States’ two biggest trading partners concerning beef. And while he describes the trade between the U.S. and Canada is mostly one that goes two ways, the dynamic could change with a change in the tariff situation.