You might say Behnke Poultry was in the stars, or rather, in the rock: a large boulder set facing the road from a small rise in the front lawn of a farm. Fifteen years ago, Chris Behnke, a part-time ...

Sometime during or after lockdown, a substantial number of people decided it would easier to raise their own chickens than buying eggs from the grocery store. With worldwide supply chain issues due to ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The quality of a chicken’s living conditions can affect the quality of farmers’ products, according to Greg Archer from Texas A&M’s Department of Poultry Science. He says the ...

Charles Ochsner has always wanted to be able to make a living off his family's 124-acre spread in rural Glyndon. Now he's decided to raise Cornish cross chickens, without using antibiotics or growth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. The high cost of eggs and the arrival of spring is generating ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Phil Holman-Hebert of Sweetlove Farm talks with us all about raising broiler chickens, including what defines a broiler, things to think about when ...

A petition was submitted on behalf of Perdue Farms LLC earlier this month, requesting rulemaking by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to define separate “free range” and “pasture-raised ...

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Chickens that are free to roam pastures are becoming increasingly popular among grocery shoppers who seek naturally grown, organic foods. Known as free-range chickens, the naturally ...