Cheeps & Chirps: Points for Poultry Profitability Newsletter

Cheeps & Chirps: Points for Poultry Profitability Newsletter

Cheeps & Chirps: Points for Poultry Profitability Newsletter

Issues

Volume 19, Issue 1 - September 2024

  • New term to learn - Panzootic
  • Controlling HPAI
  • Competition for US sale of chicken paws
  • Effect of HPAI on world poultry production - Britian
  • Kentucky 4-H poultry updates - Cooking contests
  • Kentucky 4-H poultry state fair updates
  • AAAP statement on HPAI

Volume 15 - only issue - November 2023

  • New Kentucky State Veterinarian
  • Be prepared - Composting HPAI mortality
  • Avoiding fires in poultry litter dry stack sheds
  • HPAI reappears in Canadian flocks
  • HPAI vaccinations may be used in Europe
  • To vaccinate for HPAI or not
  • Kentucky 4-Hers compete in national events
  • Dietary definitions

Volume 14, Issue 2 - September 2022

  • 4-H poultry-related cooking contests this summer
  • 4-H poultry-related contests at the state fair
  • Avian influenza update

Volume 14, Issue 1 - July 2022

  • New survey report - Live chicken production trends
  • Updated report available - Importance of agriculture in KY
  • USDA Service Centers provide free, one-on-one help for farmers
  • New KDA Deputy State Veterinarian
  • Kentucky mental health crisis hotline - 988
  • 2022 Applications for family farm environmental excellence award due August 31

Volume 13, Issue 3 - December 2021

  • KPF condolences for those affected by the storms
  • 2021 KPF scholarship winners
  • 2021 KPF environmental award winners
  • Solar energy can benefit your poultry operation
  • 2021 Kentucky poultry hall of fame inductee - Marc Ashby
  • 2021 KPF friend of poultry - Ryan Quarles
  • 2021 National 4-H poultry and egg conference results
  • Farbest farms chose to raise and present turkey to President Biden
  • 2021 National 4-H poultry and egg conference held

Volume 13, Issue 2 - September 2021

  • 4-Hers return to poultry-related competition
  • High School students compete in an egg cook-off at the state fair
  • Re-emergence of bed bugs as a poultry pest

Volume 13, Issue 1 - May 2021

  • KPF Scholarship
  • Applications for family farm environmental excellence award
  • KPF Membership
  • State 4-H poultry-related contests
  • Managing litter moisture
  • Estimating COVID-19 impacts on the broiler industry

Volume 12, Issue 4 - November 2020

  • Farming and mental health resources
  • 2020 4-H egg preparation demonstration goes virtual
  • 2020 KPF scholarship winners
  • 2020 KPF Environmental award winners
  • Joey long inducted into the KPF Hall of Fame
  • Lynde Hughes inducted into the KPF Hall of Fame
  • Issues with poultry house LED lamps and light dimmers
  • Poultry industry creates jobs in Kentucky

Volume 12, Issue 3 - June 2020

  • COVID-19 and the American Poultry Industry
  • KPF 2020 membership drive
  • On the lighter side
  • Women speaking out for agriculture
  • Getting food from farms to food banks
  • CDC guidelines for meat processing employees
  • KPF scholarships

Volume 12, Issue 2 - March 2020

  • African Swine Fever and the poultry industry
  • Plant-based chicken?
  • Chicken marketing summit 2020
  • Sidewall insulation materials
  • Kentucky Poultry Federation Membership drive

Volume 12, Issue 1 - January 2020

  • 2019 KPF Scholarship winners
  • 2019 Farm environmental excellence award winners
  • 2019 KY Poultry Hall of Fame Inductee - Dr. Robert Williams
  • Commissioner Ryan Quarles opens KY poultry festival
  • 2019 Kentucky Poultry Federation membership drive

Volume 11, Issue 3 - December 2018

  • 4-H poultry activities at the KY state fair
  • Economic impact of applying broiler litter in the fall
  • Dan Flanagan named KPF president
  • Slow versus fast-growing chickens
  • New Kentucky poultry curriculum available

Volume 11, Issue 2 - August 2018

  • State 4-H poultry-related cooking contests
  • Impact of free-range poultry
  • 2018 Kentucky Poultry Festival

Volume 11, Issue 1 - February 2018

  • Kentucky farm wins a national environmental award
  • 2018 scholarship applications
  • Fan maintenance
  • Latest national poultry statistics
  • Cleaning evaporative cooling pads
  • First human case of H7N4 bird flu confirmed in China
  • 2018 KPF membership drive

Volume 10, Issue 3 - December 2017

  • 2017 Kentucky Environmental Awards
  • 2017 Scholarship Winners
  • 2017 Friend of Kentucky Poultry Industry
  • Doug Overhults inducted into Hall of Fame
  • Mandatory ammonia reporting delayed

Volume 10, Issue 2 - September 2017

  • Annual Kentucky Poultry Festival - October 7
  • Preparing to transfer your farm to the next generation: Estimate living expenses
  • Results of state 4-H poultry-related cooking contests
  • State 4-H Poultry Judging contest results
  • State 4-H Avian bowl contest results
  • Generator maintenance

Volume 10, Issue 1 - April 2017

  • 2017 KPF Membership directories
  • 2017 KPF Scholarship deadlines
  • Summer is coming: Are your evaporative cooling pads ready?
  • New UK Nutrient Management Planner
  • Bird flu - Information for farmers

Volume 9, Issue 4 November 2016

  • 2016 KPF Scholarship winners
  • Why is a nutrient management plan important?
  • KPF Golf tournament at the poultry festival
  • Warren Beeler awarded 2016 'Friend of poultry'
  • Dan Flanagan inducted into the 2016 KPF Hall of Fame
  • 2016 KPF environmental award winners

Volume 9, Issue 3 - September 2016

  • Do you have an ag water quality plan?
  • 4-H poultry barbecue contest winners
  • New biosecurity principles management plan

Volume 9, Issue 2 - May 2016

  • New biosystems engineers joining UK
  • The Veterinary Feed Directive - Changing the way producers obtain medicated feeds
  • Scholarships available for students
  • Storm preparedness

Volume 9, Issue 1 - March 2016

  • January began KPF membership drive
  • Kentucky poultry producers win national environmental excellence award
  • Determining the economic value of poultry litter
  • Kentucky cattlemen's association 2016 convention and ag industry trade show
  • Chicken word find
  • US Poultry and Egg Associations new video

Volume 8, Issue 3 November 2015

  • 2015 KPF Scholarship winners
  • 2015 National 4-H poultry-related contests
  • 2015 KPF Grower environmental award winners
  • Dr. Robert Stout named 'Friend of Kentucky Poultry'
  • Dr. Austin Cantor into the Kentucky Poultry Hall of Fame
  • Tools to help with ... Setting the minimal ventilation timer

Volume 8, Issue 2 - August 2015

  • Economic impact of the American poultry industry
  • Economic impact of the Kentucky poultry industry
  • From the ashes, a new state-of-the-art feed mill raises at UK farm
  • Trends in fuel prices
  • Breeder house lighting decisions
  • Avian Influenza update
  • Silent auction fund-raiser for KPF scholarships

Volume 8, Issue 1 - April 2015

  • KPF news updates
  • Pilgrim's Pride growers hit by vandals
  • McDonald's to phase out the use of chicken raised with antibiotics important to human medicine
  • What's new with bird flu?
  • Propane under $1 per gallon
  • 2015 Agriculture industry breakfast

Volume 7, Issue 3 - November 2014

  • 2014 KPF Scholarship Winners
  • 2014 State 4-H Barbecue Contest Winners
  • 2014 KPF Environmental Excellence Award Winners
  • Drinker Lines and Fuel Costs
  • Feeding America Program with Caldwell County FFA
  • New Ag App

Volume 7, Issue 2 - August 2014

  • Upcoming Kentucky Poultry Federation Poultry Festival
  • Dr. Pescatore wins the W.D. Whiteker Award
  • KY Ag Water Quality Plan
  • New poultry inspection rules
  • Continued improvement in broiler performance traits expected to continue
  • US Poultry industry to track sustainability, tell the story

Volume 7, Issue 1 - February 2014

  • NCC launches a new website
  • On-farm energy assistance
  • 2013 Kentucky Proud incredible food show
  • 2014 Agriculture industry breakfast

Volume 6, Issue 3 - October 2013

  • 2013 KPF Poultry Festival
  • 2013 KPF Scholarship Recipients
  • There's an app for that
  • 2013 Environmental Award Winners
  • State 4-H Chicken and Turkey Barbecue Contests

Volume 6, Issue 2 - July 2013

  • 2013 KPF membership drive
  • Third annual Todd County Eggstravaganza
  • Yeas and Nays of Evaporative Cooling
  • KPF partnering with FFA
  • KPF scholarships available
  • In the news
  • State 4-H Egg Preparation Demonstration Contest Results

Volume 6, Issue 1 - February 2013

  • 2013 KPF Membership Drive
  • Kentucky Cattlemen's Association 2013 Convention and Ag Industry Trade Show
  • No mystery to dry litter
  • Poultry is a major contributor to the Kentucky economy
  • New energy efficiency cost-share available for 2013

Volume 5, Issue 3 - September 2012

  • 14th Annual Kentucky Poultry Festival - October 6, 2012
  • 108th Kentucky State Fair
  • 4-Hers excel in poultry contests at the state fair
  • EPA-RFS update
  • Making ethanol from corn: Effect on the poultry industry
  • 2012 corn crop, drought, and mycotoxins
  • KPF participation at the UK Ag Roundup
  • Last call - Energy efficiency cost-share funds

Volume 5, Issue 2 - June 2012

  • Adding more fans? Check your electrical supply
  • Department of Labor drops youth labor rule
  • Lower energy prices

Volume 5, Issue 1 - March 2012

  • Cost-share for energy efficiency improvements
  • Changes in the final GIPSA marketing rules
  • Building resilient communities
  • Kentucky Ag Water Quality Act information
  • Congressman Guthrie advocates for family farms

Volume 4, Issue 3 - November 2011

  • Poultry Kentucky's top-grossing ag product for the second year in a row
  • Lighting: Getting the most out of CFLs
  • KPF teams up with Kentucky Association of Food Banks
  • Roger Thomas honored at poultry festival
  • Scholarships awarded at poultry festival
  • Joan and Martin Hayden receive the Kentucky family farm environmental award during the annual Hall of Fame banquet
  • Maryland broiler grower under attack
  • Are your attic inlets closing?
  • Adjusting variable input heats
  • Three new free-trade agreements signed

Volume 4, Issue 2 - August 2011

  • Getting the most from your cooling system
  • Comparing four types of incinerators
  • Farm life is healthy for kids

Volume 4, Issue 1 - April 2011

  • How much electricity are you using?
  • Lighting alternatives
  • Lighting up the poultry barn
  • Fan maintenance, another energy saver
  • Issacs joins KPF as Executive Director
  • Energy improvement grants

Volume 3, Issue 4 - December 2010

  • Grower workshops held December 1-3
  • Family farm environmental excellence award winners
  • Software from ventilation workshop available
  • Scholarships awarded at Poultry Festival
  • Avoid obstructions when installing attic inlets
  • Terry Ashby inducted into the Kentucky Poultry Hall of Fame
  • Adding tunnel fans may increase static pressure
  • Feed costs and meat production
  • End of the Poultry Energy Project - What's next?
  • KPF membership drive

Volume 3, Issue 3 - September 2010

  • State 4-H Egg Cookery Event
  • Upcoming event - 12th Annual Kentucky Poultry Festival
  • For the record
  • Before an undercover activist strikes: Be smart ... and do the right thing
  • 4-Hers do well at the state fair
  • Websites of interest
  • 106th Kentucky State Fair
  • Corn: Aflatoxins and harvest
  • Kentucky well education website

Volume 3, Issue 2 - June 2010

  • NCC releases revised program on animal welfare
  • New watchdog website monitors HSUS
  • Discovery channel features Perdue's environmental initiatives
  • Commercial fertilizer values for 2010
  • Broiler litter production in Kentucky and potential use as a nutrient source

Volume 3, Issue 1 - April 2010

  • 2010 Grower education conferences
  • Farm succession - Transitioning your farm to the next generation
  • UK senior named Gates Cambridge Scholar
  • Role of poultry & egg production in the economy of the United States
  • 2010 KPF membership directories
  • Kentucky Farm Business Management Program

Volume 2, Issue 4 - December 2009

  • 2009 Kentucky Family Farm Environmental Excellence Awards
  • 2010 KPF Membership drive
  • Kentucky 4-H'ers compete at the 2009 National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference
  • 2009 Kentucky Poultry Federation scholarship recipients
  • Scholarship recipients: Essays submitted with their applications
  • Poultry's carbon footprint
  • Energy efficiency cost-share funds

Volume 2, Issue 3 - September 2009

  • 11th Annual Kentucky Poultry Festival
  • Perdue poultry producers host an educational program
  • Contract farming making an impact and helping small farm families stay on the farm!
  • 105th Kentucky State Fair
  • Kentucky 4-H Poultry competitions

Volume 2, Issue 2 - May 2009

  • Project website now online
  • Two Brazilian Ag Engineers join the PHES team
  • Avian Influenza found on Western Kentucky Poultry Farm
  • Bird flu - Identification and Reporting
  • News reports of Swine flu hitting North America - Is that anything like the bird flu?
  • Avian Influenza - Biosecurity and Prevention
  • Trivia question: Are chicken wings white or dark meat?

Volume 2, Issue 1 - February 2009

  • 2009 Producer Educational Conference
  • 2009 Kentucky Poultry Federation Membership drive
  • The ability to seal summer ventilation is important during cold weather
  • EPA's ruling on air emissions from animal facilities
  • Update on California's Proposition 2: What is the debate about? Should the KY poultry industry be concerned?
  • Misconceptions about the U.S. chicken meat industry

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November 2008

  • 2008 Kentucky Poultry Federation scholarship recipients understand the importance of poultry and agriculture to Kentucky
  • Winter poultry house maintenance
  • Sand as an alternative litter material
  • Trees good for odor and emissions control as well as energy conservation
  • How much attic insulation?
  • 2009 Kentucky Family Farm Environmental Excellence Awards

Volume 1, Issue 3 - August 2008

  • Poultry House Evaluation Service (PHES) progress
  • Jacquie Jacob joins the Energy Efficiency Project
  • The Fan Assessment Numeration System (FANS)
  • On-farm ventilation fan performance evaluations and implications
  • Bird flu - Information for hunters and taxidermists
  • Federal funding opportunities
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from broiler houses: A non-issue?

Volume 1, Issue 2 March 2008

  • Poultry House Evaluation Service Progress
  • Perdue Growers Host Georgia Experts
  • Cold Cathode Lighting for Broiler Houses
  • Presenting a Positive Image
  • Update on Ammonia Emissions Reporting Requirements

Volume 1, Issue 1 - December 2007

  • Poultry House Evaluation Service
  • Hidden Hills Poultry Hosts Educational Seminar
  • Fuel Saving Tips
  • What's in your attic?
  • USDA Energy Project Funding

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