Poultry News
Bird Flu: Two new cases detected in poultry workers after contract with infected birds
- 16 Jul, 2023
- United Kingdom
According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), two additional cases of bird flu have been identified among poultry workers, who had direct contact with infected birds. These individuals were exposed to the virus at separate locations in England, which had previously reported cases. The detection of avian flu in these workers occurred during tests conducted on asymptomatic individuals, who had been in contact with infected birds. In May, two positive cases
Read moreKharif crops take a severe hit by intense and unprecedented rainfall across India
- 11 Jul, 2023
- India
IMD has asked to postpone the sowing or transplanting of paddy and sowing of other Kharif crops like maize and pulses in at least 11 states and Union territories. A delayed southwest monsoon had earlier impacted Kharif season crops with low soil moisture. Record-breaking, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in different regions, especially in the northwestern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, has now dealt a crushing blow by inundating the fields of alr
Read moreRajasthan plants two times more bajra as India’s paddy acreage drops by 26%
- 03 Jul, 2023
- India
The uneven distribution of the southwest monsoon and Cyclone Biparjoy has had a significant impact on kharif crops, data from the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare showed on June 30, 2023. Kharif crops had been sown in 20.32 million hectares (mha) across India till the fourth week of June ending June 30. This is 85,000 hectares more than last year. However, this is 9.12 mha less than 2021. It is worth mentioning here that in 2022 also, sowing in the kharif season was signif
Read moreTelangana Poultry farmers met Sh. Pushotam Rupala, Union Cabinet Minister.
- 30 Jun, 2023
- India
Poultry delegation ( Telangana Poultry Fedration & NECC) from Hyderabad have met Sh.Purshottam Rupala ji - Minister for Animal Husbandry, and represented some issues and sought following relief measures. 1) Approval of vaccine manufacture in India for Emerging diseases like ILT etc . 2) Allot Inedible food grains with FCI to Poultry farmer Associations 3) Request all state Govt to include Eggs in noon meal and Anganwadi programmes .
Read moreCentral US drought intensifies
- 26 Jun, 2023
- United States
Grain, soy production threatened The worst US Midwest drought since 2012 expanded over the past week despite mild temperatures as a lack of rain across the heart of the American farm belt threatened newly seeded corn and soybean crops, Reuters reported, citing climatologists. Below-average rainfall and high winds also exacerbated drought conditions in much of the High Plains region from top spring wheat producer North Dakota to the largest winter wheat state Kansas, the US Drough
Read moreGovt directs FCI to conduct e-auction of wheat & rice to check increase in retail prices
- 24 Jun, 2023
- India
The Government has directed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to conduct an e-auction of wheat and rice to check inflationary trends in retail prices. Addressing media in New Delhi, Chairman and Managing Director, FCI, Ashok Meena said, the base price of fair and average quality wheat has been kept at two thousand 150 rupees per quintal and two thousand 125 rupees per quintal for wheat under relaxed specifications. He said, in order to control hoarding of wheat, the
Read moreAntibiotics abuse in poultry comes home to roost on plate
- 24 Jun, 2023
- India
HYDERABAD: Doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to treat simple stomach upset cases, which would otherwise heal with a couple of antibiotic doses, due to growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Digestive issues are currently on the rise and it's just not stomach ailments, which are taking longer to treat with stronger antibiotics. Even infections of the lung and kidney need protracted treatment. "But the origin lies somewhere else. Liberal antibiotic use in poultry, aquacu
Read moreUSDA Approves Lab Grown Chicken
- 24 Jun, 2023
- United States
Upside Foods got USDA approval for labels, inspections and sales of its cultivated chicken product. Cultivated meat is one step closer to the marketplace, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved chicken “grown” from animal cells to be sold in this country. The GOOD Meat division of Eat Just, Inc. just got the green light for its first product to move ahead in the American market. The latest government action follows the previous USDA approval of GO
Read morePunjab’s maize farmers get raw deal from traders, demand govt intervention
- 24 Jun, 2023
- India
The summer maize harvesting in Punjab is underway, but farmers have landed on a sticky wicket, being forced to sell their crop at prices lower than the minimum support price (MSP) announced by the government. Though the MSP for maize is set at Rs 1,962 per quintal this year, traders purchase dried maize, which meets the procurement specifications, for Rs 1,500-1,550 per quintal. In the case of freshly cut maize, which has a high moisture level, the farmers get just Rs 950-1,100 per quintal.
Read moreTN food safety officials seize 15,000 tonne of maize belonging to Reliance Industries
- 22 Jun, 2023
- India
MADURAI: Food safety officials have seized 15,000 tonne of maize belonging to Reliance Industries as the consignment was stocked in unhygienic conditions in a warehouse in Tuticorin city in Tamil Nadu. The seized maize has been kept under the custody of food business operators while officials have sent the samples for food quality testing. Though the operators had not filed any purchase details, the worth of the food grain could be estimated at Rs 20 crore, said officials. T
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