CANBERRA (Reuters) – A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has spread to an eighth poultry farm near Melbourne, the government of Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday, taking the total number of infected facilities in the country to 10. Australia is dealing with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu, two near Melbourne and one […]
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm on August 9, 2014, in Osage, Iowa. A new proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rule would ban chicken companies from deducting farmers’ pay. (Scott Olson | Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would eliminate pay deductions for chicken producers, Secretary […]
Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email tips@fresnobee.com. The workplace death of a 19-year-old crushed by a semi-truck at Pitman Family Farms could have been avoided if better safety protocols were in place, according to local police who […]
A poultry plant in Jasper, Alabama, has been accused of hiring minors and could be shut down for 30 days, according to a newly released US Department of Labor lawsuit. Mar-Jac Poultry, the largest employer in Walker county, is accused of violating federal labor laws when it hired four minors as young as 16 who […]
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have detected the virus among cattle in nine states, mainly in Texas and New Mexico, and most recently in Colorado, said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Over 100 loved ones gathered to celebrate the life of a 19-year-old man who died in a workplace incident at a poultry plant last month in the central San Joaquin Valley of California. Jose Antonio Abrego Meraz — a young father, fiancé, son, brother, cousin, colleague and friend — was remembered as a hard worker […]
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said he wants new restrictions on Ukrainian agricultural imports as the Commission mulls the extension of the free trade regime with Ukraine until 2025, the Polish radio RMF24 reported on Jan. 5. The flow of cheaper agricultural produce from Ukraine, one of the world’s leading producers, sparked worries among […]
In the upcoming decision on the extension of the EU free trade agreement with Ukraine, Polish European Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will push for the introduction of specific restrictions for agricultural products imported from Ukraine. Source: Wojciechowski in an interview with RMF FM, reports European Pravda Details: The European Commission is already working on a draft […]