Representatives Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Sanford Bishop (D-GA), along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter this week to USDA urging the department to advocate for the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) to change its definition of “poultry.”

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Following several media reports alleging that the use of dried poultry litter in dairy cattle diets has caused the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus to spread on dairy farms, the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) this week released statements questioning these claims.

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The House Agriculture Committee, chaired by Rep. GT Thompson (R-PA), this week released a summary of its 2024 Farm Bill. Meanwhile, the Senate Agriculture Committee, led by retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), also released a summary of its Farm Bill proposal.

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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week announced a 30-day extension to the comment period for a proposed rule that would require critical infrastructure industries to report cyber incidents within a given timeframe.

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Each week, NCC will feature in a short spotlight column the official representative from each of our Allied Leader and Allied Member companies. This week’s Allied Leader Member Spotlight is Alltech’s General Manager of U.S. Poultry and NCC representative Dr. Curtis Novak.

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The deadline for hotel reservations for NCC’s Summer Board of Directors meeting is next Friday, May 10.

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Chicken exports in March 2024 decreased 13.4 percent in quantity and decreased 7.8 percent in value when compared with March 2023, according to USDA.

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USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) purchased bulk chicken products for their Child Nutrition and other related Domestic Food Distribution Programs.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 4, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,931,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

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