The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), in collaboration with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), is conducting a comprehensive ...

Rudy Howell had a problem. Working as a contract chicken farmer for Perdue Farms several years ago, Howell complained that the company was delivering sickly chicks and poor quality feed to his farm in ...

Thanksgiving has a reputation for being a relaxing transition between two of the year’s most anticipated holidays. But for ...

North Carolina’s poultry farms are everywhere. The state cloaks big poultry in secrecy to the point regulators don’t even know where most of the farms are located. Neighbors complain about the stench ...