Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks. This finding could have implications for states like California, ...
Iowa congressional leaders are asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to investigate the closure of a chicken processing plant that filed for bankruptcy last month, leaving the state to tend to ...
Nine Republican lawmakers are seeking additional insight into the USDA’s $45.6 million investment in Pure Prairie Poultry, which closed early this month, and the steps the agency has taken to help ...
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) has joined U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and other Midwest lawmakers in demanding answers from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the U.S. Dep ...