H5N2 avian influenza virus

Russell Diez-Canseco, COO and president of Vital Farms

Northwest Arkansas Egg Farmers Turned Out to Pasture

A collapsed egg market and a contract loophole with their integrator have some egg producers in northwest Arkansas and east Oklahoma worried about survival. read more >

by Marty Cook - October 3, 2016, 12:00am

Marvin Childers of the Poultry Federation: “It’s one of the most serious threats to the industry that I know of.”

Agriculture & Poultry / Education / Media & Marketing

Arkansas Poultry Industry Braces for Bird Flu

Many Arkansans are looking skyward, eager to see migrating ducks from the north flying though the state when hunting season opens in November. Many other Arkansans are looking in the same direction, but with anxiety rather than eagerness. read more >

by Marty Cook - October 12, 2015, 12:00am