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IPPE introduces new website

The International Production & Processing Expo has a new website, designed to enhance the online experience of show attendees. The website combines the International Poultry Expo, International Feed Expo, and International Meat Expo's individual websites into one location for attendee and exhibitor convenience.

2014 IPPE exhibit space exceeds 350,000 square feet

With seven months remaining until the show, the 2014 International Production & Processing Expo continues to expand. IPPE has already surpassed 350,000 net square feet of exhibit space, with more than 85 percent of the exhibit floor contracted.

Register for WATT crop forecast and meat supply webinar

Tim Brusnahan, Richard A. Brock & Associates, and Dr. Paul Aho, Poultry Perspective, will provide an analysis of supply and demand issues for corn, soybeans, poultry, meat and eggs during a WATT crop forecast and meat supply and price outlook webinar. The webinar will take place at 10 a.m. Central time on May 14.

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House ag committee leaders say bill will save nearly $40 billion

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson released a discussion draft of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 on May 10. The act is a bipartisan bill that cuts spending, reduces the size of government and makes common-sense reforms to policy, its creators say.

Tyson, Syntroleum expect biofuel plant to resume production soon

Tyson Foods' renewable fuel plant in Geismar, La., has been idle for the past six months, but production is expected to resume soon. Syntroleum Corp.,Tyson's partner in the joint venture Dynamic Fuels, said a new catalyst was ordered in February with an expected delivery for late June, The City Wire reported.

Land O’ Lakes reports flat layer egg profits, improvement in feed

Land O' Lakes Inc. reported flat profits in its layer egg business when compared to a year ago, but its feed business performed well during the first quarter of 2013. "Our Feed business, operated through Purina Animal Nutrition LLC, showed improved operating profit in 2013 as well," said Chris Policinski, Land O'Lakes president and CEO.

2013 poultry nutrition survey offers mixed views

Members of the poultry feed industry continue to wrestle with high grain costs while simultaneously working to increase profits and meet consumer demands for “no”—no antibiotics, no hormones, and no animal byproducts in animal feed. The results of this year’s WATT Nutrition and Feed Survey reflect those challenges.

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Let me introduce you to our poultry wastewater treatment department

Wastewater treatment is no longer the out-of-sight, out-of-mind department in the poultry industry. Poultry companies are investing heavily in wastewater treatment facilities and shining a light on their excellence.

Cargill’s third-quarter profit falls 42 percent

Cargill's fiscal third-quarter net income, which the company said was hurt by higher feed costs for its meat processing businesses, fell 42 percent, according to the quarterly report released on April 9. For the quarter ended February 28, the agribusiness company earned $445 million, down from $766 million in the same period in 2012.

UN lays foundations for more drought resilience

A top-level United Nations conference has, for the first time, laid the foundations for practical and proactive national drought policies to increase resilience to the world's most destructive natural hazard. The high-level Meeting on National Drought Policy marked the first globally-coordinated attempt to move towards science-based drought disaster risk reduction.

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act resurfaces

New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has once again introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act.

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Poultry nutrition: Implications of changing immune function

Many nutrients are capable of modulating the immune system, said Doug Korver, Poultry Research Centre, University of Alberta, during the pre-show Nutrition and Poultry Health Symposium at the 2013 Midwest Poultry Federation Convention. Nutritional immunomodulation holds great promise as a means to increase poultry productivity and health.

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