Starter-grower feeds provide complete nutrition for chicks from hatch all the way to laying age, around 18 weeks. These feeds can be fed to fancy chick breeds (not meat birds) as long as the ...

Advocates say the rule change will protect poultry farmers financially by providing a minimum base pay and more transparency ...

This finalized “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems” rule says poultry companies, which supply farmers with chicks and feed, cannot reduce the base pay stated in a ...