BioSec Industry Briefing — Wednesday, April 15, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 — let’s dig into what’s moving the markets and your operation today. Food Safety Magazine is reporting on a multidrug-resistant Salmonella strain that’s become a growing problem in poultry operations and is now showing up in human infections at a higher rate. This particular strain resists multiple […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — Tuesday, April 14, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 — let’s get straight to it. Iowa State University has released a suite of heat stress resources for swine producers as temperatures climb heading into summer. According to Feedstuffs, ISU’s new materials are designed to help operations manage pig welfare and performance during hot weather. The resources […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — Monday, April 13, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Monday, April 13, 2026 — let’s get right into it. We’re starting on the poultry side with some concerning timing out of the UK. FarmingUK is reporting that bird flu has returned just days after housing restrictions were lifted on poultry flocks. The mandatory indoor housing rules that had been in […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — Saturday, April 11, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Saturday, April 11, 2026 — let’s get into it. Starting with the poultry side: Morning Ag Clips is highlighting wild bird biosecurity as a critical control point for commercial flocks. Producers need to understand that migratory waterfowl and other wild species can carry avian influenza and Newcastle disease without showing symptoms […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — Friday, April 10, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Friday, April 10, 2026 — let’s get right into the swine side of things. Pork producers across the country have been gathering at the International Pork Industry Conference to sharpen their biosecurity skills, according to National Hog Farmer. The IPIC workshop is bringing producers together to learn and share best practices […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — Thursday, April 9, 2026
BioSec Bob here on Thursday, April 9, 2026 — let’s get right into it. Pork Business is looking at artificial intelligence’s growing role in swine production, and the technology’s becoming harder to ignore on modern farms. AI systems are now handling everything from individual animal health monitoring to feed optimization and predictive maintenance on equipment. […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — April 8, 2026
BioSec Bob here, settling in for Tuesday, April 8, 2026—let’s get straight into what’s moving. Wattagnet is reporting that real-time farm data could reshape how poultry gets processed. The idea is straightforward: when processing facilities have live access to flock health metrics, bird weight distribution, and historical performance data from the farm, they can adjust […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — April 7, 2026
# BioSec Agriculture Daily Briefing — April 7, 2026 BioSec Bob here, April 7th and we’re tracking significant disease activity on both sides of the barn today. Starting with poultry: WATTPoultry is reporting avian influenza confirmed in 91,200 pullets in Indiana. The affected birds were identified during routine monitoring, and state and federal response teams […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — April 6, 2026
BioSec Bob here, April 6, 2026 – let’s see what’s on the radar today. Starting with some good news on the infrastructure side. A state’s rolling out $100,000 reimbursement grants for small meat processing plants. That’s targeted help for facilities working to upgrade their operations, and for smaller producers looking to add processing capacity or […]
BioSec Industry Briefing — April 5, 2026
# BioSec Agriculture Daily Briefing — April 5, 2026 BioSec Bob here, and we’ve got a busy poultry and swine rundown for you this Saturday morning. Starting with the bird flu situation: Daybreak Foods has furloughed employees at multiple facilities struck by avian influenza. The company’s dealing with production shutdowns as flocks are depopulated and […]