Perdue’s entire business model is predicated on raising and slaughtering chickens, but that doesn’t mean the company is completely callous to the well-being of those birds. In Perdue’s first annual ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Margret Wanjiru at one of the chicken slaughtering exercises at Muruguru village in the ...

As we approach the festive season, 12 million broilers will be slaughtered and ready for consumption in the next three months. About 80 per cent of this number will go through informal slaughtering ...

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, ...

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In the debate over poultry processing, producers and animal rights activists can agree on one thing: Consumers don't want to know the gruesome details. As millions of Americans sit down for dinner ...