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Donohue: ‘Pricing relates to general economy’
OCEAN CITY, Md. — “Our industry has changed a great deal” because of COVID-19, Michael Donohue, vice president of Agri Stats Inc., told about 330 attendees at the National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing and Live Production on Sept. 28.He...
Blessing makes sure he’s counted
MILLFORD, Del. — Bruce Blessing was only 22 years old in December 1985 when he and his “magnificent seed-cleaning machine” were featured on the front page of The Delmarva Farmer. The article by Sharon Morgan described how the young man had created a...
Is my chicken sick? (Poultry Welfare)
(Editor’s note: Dr. Shawna L. Weimer is an assistant professor with the University of Maryland. Ashlyn Snyder, a University of Maryland graduate student is a co-author of this column.) Sickness behavior is the way animals recover from disease. Sick...
DCA offers savings with electric buying group
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Since 2006, hundreds of Delmarva Chicken Association members have saved more than $2 million through participating in DCA’s Electric Buying Groups.Now, DCA is inviting new and current members who are Delmarva Power customers to join...
Eskin keynote speaker for DCA event
OCEAN CITY, Md. — Returning to an in-person format, the Delmarva Chicken Association’s 56th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production is scheduled for Sept. 27-29 at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel.More than 20...
CleanBay to sell BP renewable natural gas derived from litter
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — BP and CleanBay Renewables announced a 15-year agreement where BP will purchase renewable natural gas processed from poultry litter — a mixture of manure, feathers and bedding — and sell it as fuel for the U.S. transportation...
Fly and insect control, house ventilation to be discussed
DENTON, Md. — Area university Extension services and the Delmarva Chicken Association are holding a poultry growers meeting on Sept. 28 focused on two specific topics: Poultry house ventilation and fly and insect control. The meeting, set for the...
Study: Larger particles in starter feed lead to better performance
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Starter feed of larger particles consumed by young chicks is associated with better performance during the lifetime of broiler birds, according to a study conducted at Mississippi State University.Previous research has shown that if...
USDA researcher says let litter rest two weeks
ATHENS, Ga. — Ongoing studies to find ways of managing Salmonella Heidelberg loads in poultry litter have suggested that downtime is key to reducing the pathogen’s rates.“We’ve been doing studies where we take litter from different downtimes, and we...
Passwaters: Vegetative buffer ideas have evolved
MILLSBORO, Del. — When vegetative environmental buffers started to grow on Delmarva poultry farms, the focus was to get fast-growing trees established. But buffers have evolved greatly, according to Jim Passwaters, vegetative environmental buffers...
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