SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is ...

Amidst the annual holiday boom in turkey sales, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing a new rule to reduce salmonella in poultry. That's a laudable goal, but the actual ...

“I just heard that Central Illinois Poultry Processing, the only processor in a four-hour radius of us, will no longer be offering ground chicken as a processing option. I’m worried about our ground ...

CENTURY, Fla. -- Growing and selling chickens has become a popular form of farminng in Northwest Florida. Farmers who raise and sell chickens at their homes are required to have a state limited ...

Commercial chicken farmers literally bet the farm, spending millions of dollars on land and enormous chicken houses to raise birds they never own — putting their livelihoods in the hands of a single ...

Debris is stacked by a fence at Amick Farms processing plant in Saluda County. The plant was heavily damaged by fire. Tracy Glantz tglantz@thestate.com The blaze raged through the night and into the ...

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was going to ease wastewater regulations on meat processing plants. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a final action ...

OAKWOOD, GA. — Wayne-Sanderson Farms, the third-largest poultry producer in the United States, has acquired Crawfordville, Ga.-based Harrison Poultry Inc. Included in the deal are live production, ...

Legislation would allow farmers to sell their poultry at farmers markets, roadside stands and through delivery By GRACE FRIEDMAN Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — ...