Sunny Slope became more than just a poultry farm; it was a place that affected the lives of so many of Gilford's residents. By l965, it had become the most modern poultry farm in the state. While Robbie would deliver eggs to stores and restaurants in the morning, Sue worked on the bookkeeping end of the business and ran the numerous errands. They would help out in all phases of operation, many of them remembering "candling" the eggs, a process where a light is shone through the back of the...

The USDA will reimburse the farmer the fair market value of the 54,000 turkeys in which the antibodies were discovered July 6 during routine pre-slaughter testing. The discovery of the antibodies has led to increased precautions, including additional testing of flocks, especially within 6 miles of the turkey farm. The discovery of the flock with avian flu antibodies prompted Virginia's state veterinarian to ban all live poultry sales and shows until July 30, as well as the application of...

Pig farms have been forced at great expense under animal welfare laws to reconfigure their pens to allow pigs to wander around, but when I visited a farm to see the animals enjoy their freedom I found them slumped on the ground: the removal of the pens, the farmer told me, had made no difference to their behaviour at all. He also observed that hens bred indoors, away from the threat of predators, do not become startled like outdoor hens every time a shadow falls upon them. According to a...

The House of Commons has approved the Federal Accountability Act, which, in its current form, would make the Canadian Wheat Board subject to the access-to-information law -- something to which the CWB objects, maintaining that compliance would be expensive and would benefit only critics and competitors. CFIA reported that the animal was probably exposed to BSE in its first year, after the 1997 introduction of Canada s feed ban to curb the spread of BSE. The House of Commons has approved...

The groups' lawsuit maintained that the EPA did not follow proper rule-making procedures in crafting agreements between the farms and the EPA. Under EPA policy, animal feeding operations _ farms where animals are raised for eggs, dairy or slaughter _ can avoid legal punishment and lawsuits for violating air emissions requirements as long as they pay a civil penalty and give the government permission to monitor the facility for an EPA study of emissions from such operations. Farms can't be...