In virtually all markets, it is a legal requirement to chill carcasses immediately after evisceration to prevent the growth of harmful pathogens. The temperature to which products must be cooled ...

GOBBLERS GONNA GOBBLE: Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview is raising 450 turkeys in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. Photo courtesy of Hickory Nut Gap Farm Fall is always busy on Western North ...

In a typical poultry processing facility, much of the waste is simply dumped in a landfill or incinerated. Two experimental new processes, however, make use of the feathers, blood and bones – plus one ...

SEQUIM — A cooperative of farms on the North Olympic Peninsula soon can begin marketing their home-grown poultry and rabbits to local stores thanks to a pioneering family farm. Tom and Holly Clark, ...

Workers process chickens at a poultry plant in Fremont, Nebraska, on December 12, 2019. The federal government announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount ...

HAMILTON, Mont. - A new poultry processing plant is set to open soon in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. Beau McLean was born and raised in Montana and wanted to find a way to move back home ...

There was a time, even in our recent agricultural past, when sharing was more common than owning. If your neighbor wanted to purchase a hay rake, he might offer you part of the harvest in exchange for ...