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A couple working six months per year for 50 hours per week on 20 acres can net $25,000 to $30,000 per year with an investment equivalent to the price of one new medium-sized tractor. Seldom has agriculture held out such a plum. In a day when mainline farm experts predict the continued demise of the family farm, the pastured poultry opportunity shines like a beacon in the night, guiding the way to a brighter future.

Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages.

Acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health. Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats.

Most Holocaust survivors who came to the US after WWII settled in big cities, but some chose an alternative way of life on American farms. More of these accidental farmers wound up raising chickens in southern New Jersey than anywhere else. Speaking Yiddish to Chickens is the first book to chronicle this chapter in American Jewish history when these refugees—including the author's grandparents—found an unlikely gateway to new lives in the US on poultry farms.

The Poultry Edge podcast from Teagasc covers all the news, advice and insights from the Irish poultry sector.

Learn poultry nutrition from the brightest minds of the global poultry industry – in 9 minutes.If you are a poultry nutritionist who wants to stay up to date with all that is working in the industry, but doesn’t know how to start, doesn’t have the time, or feel most courses out there don’t deliver, then you have come to the right place.The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast is specially designed by and for professionals just like yourself. With it, you can effortlessly have access to the thoughts of the most brilliant minds in our industry – all while going about your routine ...

Do you want to be in the top 1% of the poultry industry? Then learn how to improve poultry production with high-impact strategies and through a modern podcast especially conceived and designed by and for the brightest minds of the global poultry industry. Perfect for staying up to date with the latest research, trends and hot topics of the industry in a light and interesting way, while saving your time.

The global poultry industry is the fastest growing animal agriculture sector and is the largest source of animal protein for people around the world. Join WATT’s poultry editors as they discuss the issues impacting poultry and egg producers’ bottom lines such as climate change, animal welfare, antimicrobial resistance and nutrient pollution in “The Future of Poultry” podcast series.

Ceva Poultry Sounds is the new podcast series from Ceva Santé Animale. In the first series, our content will focus on Gumboro Disease, an acute and highly contagious viral infection. It has an important economic impact on the poultry industry worldwide due to the direct damage and mortality and the increased susceptibility to other diseases of infected birds.This series will be launched in collaboration with Poultry World. The following episodes will be hosted by Marco-Aurélio Lopes, Ceva’s Global Poultry Marketing Manager who will discuss with industry experts the way to improve the ...