Bird flu likely spread on equipment, workers, rodents, wind. Ag Minute Jun 18, 2015

More than 49 million birds died or were euthanized this spring. Click here for full Story.

East Coast braces for bird flu - AgMinute for May 4, 2015

Bird flu appears to have subsided in the Pacific Northwest, but its most virulent form is ravaging chicken and turkey operations in parts of the Midwest, leading to the deaths of 13 million birds in Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin. For more information visit www.capitalpress.com

Tyson Foods hopes to rid chicken of antibiotics by 2017 - AgMinute for May 1, 2015

Tyson will also begin looking at ways to reduce antibiotic use in cattle, hogs and turkeys. Click here for the full story

Unstoppable COOL — AgMinute for Sept. 12, 2013

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction that, if granted, would have blocked the Department of Agriculture from implementing and enforcing its revised country of origin labeling regulations until a lawsuit filed July 8 is concluded.

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Turning up the heat on Prop 2 — AgMinute for Nov. 23, 2012

The Association of California Egg Farmers has filed a lawsuit in Fresno County Superior Court to overturn Proposition 2, the 2008 initiative backed by HSUS that sought to free chickens from the cramped, bare-wire cages used by many producers. The egg organization contends the law is unconstitutionally vague.

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Podcast: Wheat quality tests, felony water pumping, fixing the price of chicken, and bin buyouts

In this podcast we discuss an ongoing dispute over an important wheat quality test, an appeal of a felony conviction for pumping surface water into a well, good times for spearmint growers, and the strategy behind AGCO's bin buyout.

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