chicken

Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry?

5:15am April 15, 2025

President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and EU think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.

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Marsi Parker Darwin says Peanut loves a good cuddle.

National

Meet Peanut, a 21-year–old chicken and world record holder

11:42am September 01, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Finally old enough to drink, this bantam hen had a rough start to her record-breaking life.

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Costco's rotisserie chicken is still sold for $4.99, despite rising costs.

Economy

Inflation is raising prices on almost everything, except rotisserie chicken

6:43pm June 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

While chicken prices nationwide have increased, retailers such as Costco and BJ's are still selling rotisserie chickens for under $5. That's part of a broader strategy.

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Packages of beef cuts are displayed at a Costco store on May 24 in Novato, Calif. The prices of meats have surged, and the White House is partly blaming the handful of meatpackers that control the industry.

High Meat Prices Are Helping Fuel Inflation, And A Few Big Companies Are Being Blamed

9:58am September 14, 2021

by Scott Horsley

A larger White House campaign is targeting what it calls anti-competitive behavior in several industries, including meatpacking, in which over 80% of beef goes through just four companies.

Wilkes County Plans More Testing After COVID-19 Outbreak At Tyson Plant

1:54pm May 05, 2020

by Keri Brown

COVID-19 cases in Wilkes County have spiked dramatically within the past two weeks — over 130 reported as of Tuesday.

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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (left) and former U.S. President George H.W. Bush share a light moment together outside the White House in 1990. Could they be discussing chicken?

Chicken Diplomacy: How President Bush Went For The Gut In The Former USSR

8:00am December 06, 2018

by Deena Prichep

The first Bush administration left the former Soviet Union with a taste for dark meat American chicken. It's all because of a Soviet food shortage, a U.S. surplus, and a deal with President Gorbachev.

The new Chick-fil-A meal kits, featuring chicken-based dishes, will be available for pick up at some Atlanta-area restaurants starting this week.

National

Chick-Fil-A Pecks Its Way Into The Meal Kit Game

6:06pm August 28, 2018

by Emma Hurt

People choose fast-food restaurants for a quick and easy meal. Now one national chain is betting that its customers will buy a meal-kit and make branded dinners at home.

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The Feed the Future Tworore Inkoko, Twunguke project hosts a meeting in the Gataraga sector of Rwanda to recruit farmers to grow chickens. If the farmers commit to four days of training and pass a competency test, they are given a backyard coop worth abou

World News

Former Tyson Foods CEO Brings Chicken Farming To Rwanda — But Can It Last?

10:47am August 09, 2018

by Marc Gunther

The Smith family foundation aims to build a chicken business in Africa, but the extensive project is costly and difficult, and Rwanda cannot yet support a modern poultry industry without aid money.

Chickens are carried through a poultry slaughterhouse on mechanical arms.

National

USDA Denies Poultry Industry's Request To Speed Up The Slaughter Line

1:53pm January 31, 2018

by Nicole Erwin

The National Chicken Council says a faster line speed would increase efficiency and modernize systems. Food safety advocates are calling the move a victory for both workers and consumers.

James Dinklage, a cattle rancher from Nebraska, is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit accuses the USDA of "arbitrary and capricious" behavior in rolling back two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are

The USDA Rolled Back Protections For Small Farmers. Now The Farmers Are Suing

8:25pm December 14, 2017

by Nancy Matsumoto

At issue is the Trump administration's withdrawal of two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are being exploited by the meatpacking companies they supply.