As part of a commitment to education and environmental stewardship, Perdue Farms has awarded the Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation District a $50,000 Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation grant to support its Mobile Soils Classroom program in Wilksboro, N.C.
Greater Omaha Packing Co. is donating 27,600 pounds of ground beef and $105,000 in monetary support to aid the Ukrainian people during their ongoing conflict with Russia.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a non-commercial, backyard flock (non-poultry) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska and in a commercial chicken breeder flock in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service announced that a vaccine candidate for African Swine Fever (ASF) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial availability.
The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is pleased to announce Dr. Lars Hinrichsen, Dr. Konrad Ahlin, and Chafik Barbar will be the featured speakers in the symposium entitled “Automation in the Global Meat Industry” during the 75th AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference.