Ahhhh—Holiday Dinners Are you looking for something new and exciting to feed your friends and family during the Holiday Season? How about a Phabulous Pheasant Dinner??? If you live in the Midwest you’ve probably had Pheasants right out of the field. It’s a taste and experience like no other. Rogers…
Half and Half basically denotes the percentage of dark meat to white meat on the current chicken population. Years ago it was considered a 60/40 mix but with all of the new breeding techniques, the white and dark meat is about the same percentage of the bird. Where this presents…
This year the H5N2 Avian Influenza has killed a record number of chickens and turkeys. Migratory birds (geese and ducks-etc.) spread this virus thru droppings as they fled North on their migratory Flight Plan. This flight plan goes directly thru the Upper Midwest. So far there have been over 40…
Sales of Natural and Organic foods are expected to grow 8.1 % annually to $226 billion by 2018!! Driving the steady growth are robust product innovation and an accelerated shift in consumers behavior. But what constitutes being certified “organic”?? Here are the standards: 1)The bird must be fed certified organic…
Chickens on Steroids?? No, chickens don’t have any added steroids or hormones and that is regulated by the USDA. It has been outlawed since the 50’s. On the other hand—it is perfectly legal in beef cattle!! So eat more chicken!! But chickens are definately a lot bigger than they were…
