New rulemaking from the Department of Agriculture will allow swine slaughter facilities to opt in to a new inspection system that focuses on new requirements for microbial testing and pathogen control ...

The key to understanding the complexities in the debate over the line speed issue for poultry production is to recognize that there is a distinct difference between the line speed for slaughter and ...

Rising Locust Farm started a few years ago when Frank and Kay Rhodes bought 40 acres of land in Mount Joy Township. Her parents, Harrison and Amy Koser, later moved to the farm. Then their two sons, ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), The ASPCA ® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ®), and Animal Protection of New Mexico are dismayed over the US ...

A pair of bills in Connecticut could make it easier for small farmers there to raise and slaughter rabbits and sell their meat. One, a standalone bill, would allow farmers to slaughter, process, and ...