As antimicrobial resistance rises in humans, researchers are looking for ways to fix the problem back where it starts: in the hen house. 

Alternative Medicine for Chickens

The vast majority of American chicken is raised under the contract system. A network of advocates aims to help unhappy producers get out. 

Poultry Farmers Hunting for an Off Ramp

The bloody sport has been illegal for decades, but a powerful state lobbying group — and some sympathetic politicians — are pushing back.

Oklahoma Legislators Make a Case for Cockfighting

The latest wave of avian influenza brought COVID-style modifications to the 2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show. 

Live Chick-Hatching in the Age of Plague

Swiss researchers have found a way to transform chicken feather waste into clean energy, but upending established industrial practices may prove difficult in the U.S.

Chicken Feathers Could Fuel the Future

Millions of male chicks are killed, needlessly, every year. The tech sector is ready to act, but is the egg sector ready to change?

Can Silicon Valley Save These Chicks?

Last year, the DOJ exposed a price- and wage-fixing conspiracy by some of the largest U.S. poultry producers that they said “harmed a generation.” Will the government follow through on holding them accountable?

Big Poultry’s Anticompetitive Practices Come Home to Roost

And what’s been driving them up in the first place — Inflation? Disease? Supply and demand? Price gouging? Yes.

Where Will Egg Prices Go in 2023?

Farmers have been feeding food scraps to poultry for centuries as a way to reduce costs and waste — but a new study shows the practice could also improve gastrointestinal health.

Upcycling Apple Waste Could Give Chickens a Gut Health Boost

Trimming rail staff and service in the name of profit is leaving poultry producers in a lurch.

Playing Chicken With Farm Feed

After years of inaction — and outside pressure — the agency is proposing sweeping new changes to how it handles the foodborne bacteria. It starts on the farm.

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