Miyazaki poultry farm culls over 168,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak
The local government began culling 168,400 chickens early Wednesday after some dead chickens at a poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture were found to have contracted a highly virulent strain of bird flu. This is the second mass culling in just over a month in Miyazaki ...
Kumamoto finishes culling 93,000 chickens at scene of latest bird flu outbreak
The Kumamoto Prefectural Government finished culling around 93,000 chickens at a poultry farm Wednesday after tests confirmed Japan's latest bird flu outbreak. The farm in the town of Nankan reported to health authorities on Monday afternoon that a group of some 50 chickens was found ...
Niigata records another bird flu outbreak; 230,000 chickens culled
In the latest case, around 100 chickens died between Tuesday and Wednesday morning at a farm in Joetsu on the Sea of Japan coast.
Chicken war with U.S. shows free trade threat to Vietnamese farmers
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the U.S. for the loss of almost $14,000 (¥1.7 million) this year. Farmers such as Tuyen say the only way American companies can undercut Vietnamese poultry prices is if they export chicken at artificially ...
Lower egg prices bad for producers, worse for chickens
The government aims to control egg prices by any means necessary.
