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Fall Brings Renewed Threat of Virulent Bird Flu

When migratory geese and other waterfowl fly south this fall from their Canadian breeding grounds, they will bring with them an uncharacteristic specter of dread. There’s a chance that the migration may reignite a wave of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks that spread across the North American continent earlier […]

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A Passion for Poultry

For more than a quarter century, Campo Lindo Farms has raised the freshest free-range chicken and eggs. Just a few. That was the plan when Jay and Carol Maddick raised their first broiler chickens in the 1990s on their farm in Clinton County, Mo. But a few quickly turned into […]

Oak Ridge Shavings delivers fresh bedding to a poultry farm in Barry County, Missouri. One 53-foot-long semitrailer holds enough bedding to cover the floor of a 40-by-400-foot barn. Photo by Jason Jenkins.

Oak Opportunities

More Than Two Decades Ago, One Southwest Missouri Company Helped Turn an Unwanted Byproduct into a Valued Commodity They say perception is reality. In the late 1990s, the perception among poultry producers was that oak shavings weren’t a good bedding material inside chicken houses. Del Oney didn’t believe that was […]

Family Flocked Together

In the poultry industry, being “up with the chickens” isn’t an expression reserved exclusively for early mornings. It also means late nights, weekends, holidays and everything in between. Tammy and Richard Hale know this all too well—yet they wouldn’t change a thing. “The chickens are kind of like your kids […]

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Discovery may help chickens muscle up

K-State Researchers Find Vitamin Compound that Boosts Growth A form of a vitamin associated with healthy aging in humans has been used by Kansas State University researchers to build muscle in chickens, a sign that could help the poultry industry meet future demand for its product. Muscle biologist and meat […]

Turkey Time

Turkeys have starred as the main attraction of traditional Thanksgiving feasts for hundreds of years and their prominent place on the day’s menu precedes President Abraham Lincoln’s nationalization of the holiday in 1863. The birds have become so closely associated with Thanksgiving that the holiday is sometimes referred to as […]

Three men stand in a field of tall plants, examining the crops. Two are wearing dark jackets and the other, a puffer jacket. One man shows something in his hand to the others. Its a sunny day with a clear sky.

Stanton Brothers Teach Zuckerberg About Eggs, Ag and the Midwest

At first, Dustin Stanton thought the phone call was fake. Why would Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, want to come to rural Missouri to learn about selling chicken eggs? The call was real, however. Zuckerberg truly wanted to meet Dustin and his brother, Austin, the two young men […]

Cows with black and white markings are eating hay in a row inside a wooden barn. The barn has a metal roof and natural light coming through. The animals are contained by metal bars and seem relaxed.

Animal Agriculture Plays Key Role in Missouri

The value animal agriculture provides to the state of Missouri extends beyond the raw products leaving the farm gate. The production of livestock, as well as other commodities, causes ripple effects throughout the economy in the form of employment; production in allied industries; taxes paid to local, state and federal […]

A blue fuel truck is parked on a gravel lot beside a large red barn. The sky is overcast with gray clouds, and there are propane tanks near the building.

Meeting the Needs of Arkansas Poultry Producers

Poultry is big business in Arkansas. Nearly 6,000 Arkansas farms produce some type of poultry, including broilers, turkeys and egg-laying hens. Poultry is the state’s top agricultural product, accounting for $4.47 billion in cash receipts or 44.3 percent of the total for all agricultural sales in Arkansas. By far the […]

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In the Middle of Something Great

When Aaron Collett talks about the plot of land he farms outside Warrensburg, Mo., he does not talk about simply an operation of row crops and cattle. Nor does he talk about simply a means of living. He talks about his family. The land and his family are as intertwined […]

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