So for three years, representatives of industry, academia and government have investigated the fastest, cheapest and, they say, most humane way to dispatch birds en masse. Three commercial plants keep busy plucking, skinning, and carving chickens in Fredericksburg, a village lined with banners displaying its unofficial logo, a chicken. The industry prefers the term "depopulate," but no euphemism softens the raw reality of putting down birds by the tens of thousands. Almost 140 farms...

EST Richard Bowden - AHN News Writer Geelong, Australia (AHN) - Australian scientists at the Commonwealth, Scientific, Industrial and Research Organization (CSIRO) are locked in a race with British scientists at Cambridge University to develop a genetically modified chicken immune to bird flu. EST Richard Bowden - AHN News Writer Geelong, Australia (AHN) - Australian scientists at the Commonwealth, Scientific, Industrial and Research Organization (CSIRO) are locked in a race with British...

Tesco said all its chicken was free range, adding: "Like all raw meat, chicken does contain naturally occurring bacteria but is safe to eat when properly cooked - this is why we put clear cooking instructions on our packs. The images claimed to show two-week old birds attacked and eaten alive by vermin and others with "hock burns" on their legs caused by ammonia from chicken waste. And as for all this soil association lark and "chemical free" food, the soil association allows any number of...

And though environmental, industry and farming groups can point to numerous unresolved concerns about biofuels' effects and feasibility, the ethanol lobby has never been stronger. For example, while about 60 House Democrats opposed tougher motor fuel efficiency standards a few years ago, aides to senior House Democrats say that they hope that boosting biofuels can cut that number to 30 this year, while luring more than enough Republicans to pass an energy package. For example, while about...

Prices for chicken items such as breast meat and leg quarters are higher than a year ago, more than offsetting higher production costs. chicken company in terms of pounds produced, were up more than 4 percent Friday and more than 8 percent for the week. Based on spot data for chicken prices and feed costs, we estimate commodity chicken companies are making 23 cents per lb (on a ready-to-cook basis), compared with historical averages of 12 cents, Pablo Zuanic, food equity analyst at JP...