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Motivated by greed, several Arkansas poultry companies cut corners when getting rid of thousands of tons of waste and allowed it to pollute a sensitive watershed, an attorney for the state argued Thursday.
A study by the state of Oklahoma showing phosphorous pollution in a sensitive watershed was incomplete, rife with errors and "not scientifically defensible," a scientist testified Thursday in federal court.
An environmental engineer says using bird manure as a crop fertilizer does not affect the Illinois River or Lake Tenkiller to "any significant extent."
Oklahoma's pollution case against the Arkansas poultry industry suffered another setback Wednesday, when a judge blocked the state from introducing soil test records that reportedly showed high phosphorus levels at 50 chicken farms.
The Indiana State Poultry Association has donated more than 145,000 pounds of eggs, chicken, turkey and duck to food pantries across the state.
One of the most closely watched environmental cases in years has turned into legal purgatory as the trial of Oklahoma's lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry is marred by delays and squabbling attorneys.
A federal judge scolded the 30-some attorneys on Oklahoma's pollution case against the Arkansas poultry industry Thursday, accusing them of bombarding him with "thousands" of documents as the bench trial dragged into its 25th day.
A scientist testified that runoff from fields spread with poultry manure accounted for a major portion of phosphorus pollution in a sensitive northeastern Oklahoma watershed.
A Cargill executive testified Thursday that he did not check to see if company farmers were following an environmental handbook he helped compile in 2002 that warned them not to spread excess chicken manure on their land because the runoff could pollute area water.
About 30,000 fewer people floated in the Illinois River watershed in 2007 compared with two years earlier, a professor testified Tuesday, suggesting that decades of chicken manure pollution may have made one of the state's top recreational areas less attractive to the public.
A South Carolina poultry plant raided by immigration agents last year has agreed to change its hiring practices to avoid federal charges of knowingly employing illegal immigrants, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
A former Arkansas poultry company executive testified Thursday that he wrote a memo in 2005 warning of the environmental dangers of spreading too much chicken waste on farmland in certain areas.
Arkansas poultry companies claimed Wednesday that an Oklahoma agency could have gone to court long ago to enforce water quality standards in a sensitive watershed, but failed to do so until 2005, when it filed a federal lawsuit blaming the companies for pollution there.
Attorneys for Oklahoma and the Arkansas poultry industry traded barbs in federal court Thursday, disputing whether the companies knew for decades that over-application of chicken waste on farmland was polluting the Illinois River watershed.
David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn't have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.
It's hard to picture the crystal-clear Illinois River that Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson remembers from his youth, how he could look to the bottom and spot a dime, no matter how deep the water.
Oklahoma can't pursue monetary damages in its environmental lawsuit against a dozen Arkansas poultry companies because it didn't name the Cherokee Nation as a plaintiff, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a major blow to the state.
The company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October, federal prosecutors said in an indictment released Thursday.
There's a good chance the chicken you bought at the grocery store or ordered in a restaurant grew up in a dimly lit poultry house like the ones on Ray Goertz's 160-acre farm, where roughly 120,000 birds preen and peck and poop.
A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant's former growers.
Residents have started returning to a town in southeastern Minnesota after city officials lifted an evacuation order prompted by a large fire at a meat-processing plant.
With attention focused on the danger of salmonella in tainted peanut products, it’s easy to forget that foodborne bacterial poisoning more often results from eating contaminated meat, poultry or raw eggs.
Vladimir Putin says 19 U.S. poultry producers will be barred from exporting their products to Russia.
Bacteria from the waste of more than 140 million chickens raised each year in the Illinois River watershed has polluted the land and poses a serious health threat, Oklahoma's attorney general told a federal judge.
Meat in the Refrigerator: How Long Does It Last?On behalf of everyone in government who works to keep your food safe, welcome to the FoodSafety.gov blog!
Chook creates 105g effort For Keith Lockyer, it was an egg-citing discovery to find his chook's latest offering. It weighed in at 105 grams, the biggest he had ever found. Most chicken eggs weigh between 35g and 77g.
Jobs-Creation Bill Talks "Poultry" More Than "Unemployment"Often you can gain a sense of what's important in a document by looking at the frequency of the words used. This is the foundation of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how search engines, like Google, determine what a document is really about.
Could Chicken Poop Help Curb Climate Change?Here's a low-cost solution to global warming: chicken manure. More Articles
Breasts no longer reign supreme, The once-lowly chicken wing is selling at a premium In seven of the last 11 months, wholesale wing prices have been higher than breast prices, a reversal in a market where breasts usually reign supreme.
Eggscruciating! Roberta the hen dies after laying enormous eggThe hen lives in upstate New York but has become famous in England. 'I just couldn't believe it. You open up the chicken coop and sitting inside the nest with five other eggs is just this behemoth,' he said.
Building a Chicken Greenhouse: In Search of a Permaculture Clicheone of the 'classics' or permaculture design which has almost become a cliché is the chicken greenhouse - a design that uses heat and CO2 from the chickens to help plants grow, and provides food, shelter and warmth for the chickens too.
New Process for Making Activated Carbons Patented by ARSActivated carbons, commonly produced from nonrenewable coal and from plant byproducts like wood and coconut shells, are used to purify liquids and gases, recover chemical pollutants, and clean up environmental contaminants.
The key to extra crispy, non-burnt fried chicken is to turn it, with non-piercing tongs, several times during cooking. To prevent or reduce the center burn on the top of the skin, watch and turn the pieces quickly at the beginning.
Air force compensates farmer for hen massacreThe Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise caused the death of 31 chickens.
Pet Food & the End of the World[In 2000] it took three pounds of wild fish to provide enough food to grow one pound of farmed salmon, environmentalists have been apoplectic.
It's not a matter of "if" but "when." The lay offs and the stock market are scary right now but the millions of people that are expected to die in the future is a scary thought that will linger for years to come.
That chicken dinner could make you sickFarm is a quaint term that does nothing to conjure up the thousands of chickens crammed together in cramped quarters, making it easier for them to swap bacteria through direct contact and their water supply.
Understanding Food Labels: Organic? Conventional? Sustainable?: What's it all Mean?Whether its health, the environment or price you care most about, become a savvy food shopper. Find out which food labels are worth the hype and what they really mean.
Fewer Human Deaths From Virus Even as It Spreads Among PoultryWith the arrival of winter, H5N1 avian flu is on the rise again in Asia and Egypt.
The 33 Greatest Foods for Healthy LivingAll legitimate roads to a healthy diet have one central crossing point: People are at their healthiest when they eat lots of fruits and vegetables as the majority of their daily food.
Whole lotta clucking; More Americans raise chickens in their backyardsFresh eggs for breakfast aren't the only benefit of raising chickens, say hobbyists. The birds provide organic fertilizer, and their appetite for pesky weeds and bugs helps gardens thrive. "If our economy continues on the downward spiral," says Ms.
Tyson Foods Injects Chickens with Antibiotics Before They Hatch to Claim "Raised without Antibiotics" Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat processor and the second largest chicken producer in the United States, has admitted that it injects its chickens with antibiotics before they hatch, but labels them as raised without antibiotics anyway. In response, the U.S.
Bioenergy pact between Europe and AfricaEnvironment and Food Quality, opened the world's largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure.
Chicken Manure to power 90,000 Homes in the NetherlandsLast week Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg announced a groundbreaking development for the field as she unveiled the world's largest biomass power plant to run exclusively on poultry manure.
A Meat-Packing RobotFanuc Robotics America Inc. has developed a robot that meets USDA AMS hygiene requirements for meat and poultry handling. Intended specifically for food washdown environments, the five-axis M-430iA is capable of picking, packing and palletizing.
The High Cost Of Food Continues To Get Higher"The cost of eggs is up 14 percent; cereal and breads are up nearly 10 percent. Fresh fruits and vegetables also jumped 10 points while meats and poultry prices have climbed 5.5 percent higher this year.
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) bans off-label cephalosporin use on farm animalsInspectors found common cephalosporin antibiotics have been misused in animals through practices such as injections into chicken eggs; FDA ordered cessation of unapproved use due to risk to humans.
Bill Moyers Journal looks at worker safety in the poultry industryThe workers' stories are full of suffering and injustice.
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