COVID-19 sidelines feed truck driver, fellow chicken grower steps up
FEDERALSBURG, Md. — Scott Kirk delivers organic poultry feed across Delmarva to farmers raising chickens for Coleman Natural Foods every day. On their Federalsburg, Md. farm, Rising Sun Acres, the Kirk family also raises roaster broiler chickens in...
Study indicates reusing litter may have benefits
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Department of Environment is reissuing, with revisions, the state General Discharge permit for animal feeding operations, a regulation that applies to more than 550 broiler operations. The revised permit replaces the previous...
COVID-19 sidelines feed truck driver, fellow chicken grower steps up
FEDERALSBURG, Md. — Scott Kirk delivers organic poultry feed across Delmarva to farmers raising chickens for Coleman Natural Foods every day. On their Federalsburg, Md. farm, Rising Sun Acres, the Kirk family also raises roaster broiler chickens in...
Study indicates reusing litter may have benefits
ATHENS, Ga. — Chicken is the most consumed protein in the United States. According to the National Chicken Council, the U.S. produced more than 9.2 billion broiler chickens in 2019. U.S. consumers spent more than 95 billion dollars on chicken...
Hitchens experimenting with biostimulents to control house litter ammonia
LAUREL, Del. — Taking a greater interest in soil health practices, Sussex County farmer Blaine Hitchens started four years ago using biostimulants like fulvic acid and humic acid on his crop land. Two years later, he liked the results enough to...
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