Today's most viewed <<Back to most read Further wait for bird flu test results By Matthew Colledge Comment . Read Comments (1) GOVERNMENT officials are testing for bird flu after a sick chicken at a smallholding near Chard showed telltale symptoms of the disease. Today's most viewed <<Back to most read Further wait for bird flu test results By Matthew Colledge Comment . Read Comments (1) GOVERNMENT officials are testing for bird flu after a sick chicken at a smallholding near Chard showed...

The poultry industry's dilemma created an opportunity for Fibrowatt ltd., which developed three smaller poultry litter power stations in Britain in the 1990s. So poultry producers across the country have been looking for another way to get rid of it. Poultry litter works as a fuel because it's relatively dry, so it's easy to burn compared with cow and hog manure, which are too wet and smell far worse. The 55-megawatt Fibrominn LLC plant will be the first poultry litter-fired power plant in...

The nation's meat and poultry industry employs 500,000 workers, making it the largest sector of agriculture, according to the American Meat Institute. The American Meat Institute, the trade group that represents the meatpacking industry, cited one key component of the measure in Congress: Enhancement of current systems for screening employees. meatpacking industry is throwing its support behind the immigration reform measure now before Congress. The guest worker proposal would allow...

That's because increasing demand for ethanol, made from corn, is driving up corn prices, which farmers use to feed their poultry and cattle. The high price of corn is also affecting prices of everything from cereal and other products with corn as an ingredient to the oils used to make potato chips. The current increase is more than double the 1.8 percent jump seen the year before, according to the consumer price index. Consumers have responded to higher fuel prices by grouping trips or...

As longtime Cargill exec Bill Rupp takes over as president, he discusses industry issues from food safety to worker shortages. Kansas.com . 06/03/2007 . New leader, new challenges Subscriber Services Complete Forecast Search Kansas.com Archives Web for Sign in to your Classified Account Jobs. In a recent interview, Rupp talked about the serendipity that led him to a career with Cargill, the challenges he faces at the helm of the nation's second-largest beef packing company and the...