The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial pheasant flock (poultry) in Erath County, Texas.

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) will be welcoming the meat science community to the 75^th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) June 12–15, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. 

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with 50 of their colleagues, have introduced the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act.

Duravant President & CEO Mike Kachmer has announced that Jim James, who previously served as senior vice president of service operations for Foodmate US, has been promoted to president.

In 2022, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) estimates MLB fans will consume 19.1 million hot dogs and nearly five million sausages at games this season.

CloverLeaf Animal Welfare Systems is an international consulting, auditing, and certification firm based in the United States that has successfully leveraged different digital and virtual tools to hold conferences and training courses in addition to the Remote Animal Welfare Manager support. 

New Emergency Livestock Relief benefits to be delivered through two-phased approach; compensation for 2021 forage losses.

As of March 1, there were 72.2 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2% from March 2021 and down 3% from Dec. 1, 2021, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.

Starting April 1, 2022, consumers can have a phone in-hand to snap a photo of their Chick'nCone meal to feed someone in need locally.

Registration is now open for the long awaited return of PACK EXPO International 2022 (Oct. 23–26; McCormick Place, Chicago), the most comprehensive packaging and processing show in the world in 2022.