In 2014, Jim Perdue, who is the chairman of the very large chicken company Perdue Farms, the fourth-largest chicken company in the United States, called a press conference and announced that his ...

WILL HARRIS is one of the heroes of “Big Chicken”, a new book by Maryn McKenna that looks at the widespread use of antibiotics in poultry farming. After finishing his studies at the University ...

As one of the largest chicken-producing states in the United States, Utah had a chicken population of 8.27 million in 2023. 17. ... Chicken and turkey farms have grown rapidly in the state.

There are thousands of these small farms in the United States, and they benefit from millions of dollars of taxpayer support each year. Chicken is America’s favorite protein , after all.

52.1% of the waste generated in the United States, or 139 million tons, went to landfill in 2017*. Additionally, by 2021 the United States is expected to have 15 years left before reaching capacity at ...

Missouri agriculture officials have quarantined two commercial poultry facilities after a lethal strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected. The same strain -- known as H5N2 -- was also ...

Brad Moline, right, washing a brooding barn after an avian flu outbreak forced the farm to exterminate 56,000 birds in 2015 in Manson, Iowa. Credit ...

But avian flu has not shown up in wild birds, domestic poultry or people in the United States. ... Most cities that allow chicken farming limit the number to four or six per household, ...