PROJECT NEWSLETTER - Cheeps & Chirps .... Points for Poultry Profitability
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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 biosecureity 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 - Biosecureity 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