Contract chicken growers are struggling to cover their costs because of outbreaks that have forced poultry processors in many areas to slow operations and reduce the number of birds their farmers will produce.

The door’s open. For the first time, the Small Business Administration is taking applications from farms for grants of up to $10,000 and low-interest loans through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

In this opinion piece, Mike Brown, president of the National Chicken Council, explains the economic hardships chicken producers are currently facing.

The USDA GIPSA proposal billed as bringing “clarity” to regulations enforcing the Packers and Stockyards Act is receiving opposition from some prominent government officials, including a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and eight state attorneys general.

President Donald Trump announces his intent to nominate Finch Fulton to assistant secretary of Transportation and Tas Smith has joined the National Cotton Council.

Usage of medically important antibiotics in food production has fallen sharply in the wake of new restrictions on how farms can employ the drugs, the Food and Drug Administration says.