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Top 25 US egg producers in 2024 - WATTPoultry.com
2024年2月5日 · 1. Cal-Maine Foods, 44.51 million. Cal-Maine Foods is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the United States. Its operations consist of hatching chicks; growing and maintaining flocks of pullets, layers and breeders; manufacturing feed; and producing, processing, packaging and distributing shell eggs.
4 presumed human H5N1 cases reported in Washington
2024年10月21日 · Four workers a commercial egg farm in Franklin County, Washington, have tested presumptively positive for H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported.. The farm where they were working had a flock of 839,700 laying hens affected by HPAI, with that case being confirmed on October 15.
Top Poultry Companies | WATTPoultry.com
An exclusive database of top companies within the poultry industry, with information about annual revenue, geographic markets served, key product categories and milestones.
Avian flu claims 1.8 million hens in California, Arizona
2024年11月21日 · The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) claimed more than a million commercial laying hens in California. The agency also gave an update on a previously reported case of HPAI in Arizona – the first involving commercial poultry in the state during the 2022-24 outbreak.
HPAI infections continue in California, British Columbia
2024年11月26日 · Two more commercial poultry flocks in California have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported. On November 21, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a commercial meat duck flock in Tulare County, involving 96,900 birds.
Pure Prairie Poultry Chapter 11 petition dismissed
2024年10月2日 · Pure Prairie Poultry’s petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been dismissed amid objections from creditors.. The petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota on September 20. The company, headquartered in Charles City, Iowa, has been in business since 2021, when it purchased a shuttered poultry plant that was previously operated by Simply Essentials before it ...
Explosion causes fire at Kansas layer barn | WATTPoultry.com
2024年11月22日 · Newton Fire/EMS also reported that the entire structure collapsed. KWCH described the site of the explosion and fire as “an egg farm that is on family-owned land,” but did not identify the owners.. The cause of the explosion appears to be related to a gas leak. Fire crews worked to establish “a safe area around a propane storage tank,” and once that safe area was established, allowed ...
Top 10 turkey companies in the United States | WATTAgNet
2020年5月28日 · 2. Jennie-O Turkey Store. A subsidiary of Hormel Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store is the second largest turkey company in the United States.It slaughtered 1.23 billion pounds of turkeys in 2019 – the same amount it slaughtered in 2018. Headquartered in Willmar, Minnesota, the company operates four slaughter plants and seven processing plants.
Which are the world’s 10 biggest broiler producers?
2023年2月23日 · The 10 leading broiler producers in the world, combined, slaughter 13,081 million chickens per annum, according to data from the World’s Top Poultry Companies Database.By number of head slaughtered, these 10 companies alone account for over 48% of all the chickens slaughtered by the 50 biggest poultry producing businesses in the world.