CAST Animal Group Tour Casey Owens, professor of poultry science, leads a tour of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's poultry processing pilot plant. The Center for Scalable and Intelligent Automation in Poultry Processing, established by a $5 million USDA-NIFA grant, aims to adapt robotic automation to the poultry processing industry. (UA System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller)

Future of poultry processing includes automation, robotics and virtual reality headsets

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Woman with eggs in hands. (Photo: iStock - Jacob Wackerhausen)

How to price farm fresh eggs when selling

Eggs that have been in your fridge for a few weeks will peel easier once hardboiled. The larger the egg, the easier it should be to peel as well. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Egg and broiler production expected to increase in early 2026

Broiler chick held by Rebekah Drysdale, a Ph.D. student in the poultry science department for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson)

Calcium tests in poultry offer chance for improved feed efficiency

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
PROBIOTICS — A resilient strain of probiotic for both poultry and swine was co-developed by researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and recently released as a direct-fed additive. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

New direct-fed probiotic for poultry, swine commercially released

Fermented chicken feed (No Rulz Ranch Hatchery)

Fermented feed for your flock– getting started

As the year nears the end several packing plants announced plans to close as animal protein supplies remain tight and margins are thin, according to agricultural economists. This photo was taken near Dodge City. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

EPA to ease wastewater regs on meat processing plants

Photo by Dave Bergmeier.

WASDE slices poultry and egg production in August report